1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 148 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs 149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 154- drivers Commonly used device drivers 155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 157- include Header Files 158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 165- net Networking code 166- post Power On Self Test 167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 169 170Software Configuration: 171======================= 172 173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 175 176There are two classes of configuration variables: 177 178* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 180 "CONFIG_". 181 182* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 185 "CFG_". 186 187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 191as an example here. 192 193 194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 195--------------------------------------------------- 196 197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 199 200Example: For a TQM823L module type: 201 202 cd u-boot 203 make TQM823L_config 204 205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 208 209 210Configuration Options: 211---------------------- 212 213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 214such information is kept in a configuration file 215"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 216 217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 218"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 219 220 221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 223build a config tool - later. 224 225 226The following options need to be configured: 227 228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 229 230 PowerPC based CPUs: 231 ------------------- 232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 234 or CONFIG_MPC8220 235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 237 or CONFIG_IOP480 238 or CONFIG_405GP 239 or CONFIG_405EP 240 or CONFIG_440 241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 242 or CONFIG_750FX 243 244 ARM based CPUs: 245 --------------- 246 CONFIG_SA1110 247 CONFIG_ARM7 248 CONFIG_PXA250 249 250 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 251 ---------------------- 252 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 253 254 Nios-2 based CPUs: 255 ---------------------- 256 CONFIG_NIOS2 257 258 259- Board Type: Define exactly one of 260 261 PowerPC based boards: 262 --------------------- 263 264 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405 265 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2 266 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6 267 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e 268 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405 269 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826 270 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260 271 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823 272 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850 273 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T 274 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823 275 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic 276 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite 277 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper 278 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto 279 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng 280 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 281 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 282 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8260 283 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_sbc8560 284 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SM850 285 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_SPD823TS 286 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_STXGP3 287 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_SXNI855T 288 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM823L 289 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 290 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM850L 291 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM855L 292 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TQM860L 293 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_TTTech 294 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_UTX8245 295 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_V37 296 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMC 297 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_W7OLMG 298 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_WALNUT 299 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZPC1900 300 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC CONFIG_ZUMA 301 302 ARM based boards: 303 ----------------- 304 305 CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, CONFIG_DNP1110, 306 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, 307 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, 308 CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, 309 CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, CONFIG_SHANNON, 310 CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, 311 CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9 312 313 MicroBlaze based boards: 314 ------------------------ 315 316 CONFIG_SUZAKU 317 318 Nios-2 based boards: 319 ------------------------ 320 321 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 322 323 324- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 325 Define exactly one of 326 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 327--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 328 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 329 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 330 331- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 332 Define exactly one of 333 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 334 335- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 336 Define one or more of 337 CONFIG_CMA302 338 339- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 340 Define one or more of 341 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 342 the lcd display every second with 343 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 344 345- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 346 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 347 Possible values are: 348 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 349 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 350 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 351 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 352 353- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 354 Define exactly one of 355 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 356 357- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 358 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 359 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 360 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 361 reference PIT/RTC clock 362 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 363 or XTAL/EXTAL) 364 365- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 366 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 367 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 368 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 369 See doc/README.MPC866 370 371 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 372 373 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 374 of relying on the correctness of the configured 375 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 376 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 377 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 378 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 379 380- Linux Kernel Interface: 381 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 382 383 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 384 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 385 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 386 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 387 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 388 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 389 Linux kernel. 390 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 391 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 392 default environment. 393 394 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 395 396 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 397 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 398 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 399 400- Serial Ports: 401 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 402 403 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 404 405 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 406 407 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 408 409 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 410 411 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 412 the clock speed of the UARTs. 413 414 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 415 416 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 417 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 418 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 419 420 421- Console Interface: 422 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 423 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 424 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 425 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 426 427 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 428 port routines must be defined elsewhere 429 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 430 431 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 432 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 433 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 434 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 435 (default big endian) 436 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 437 rectangle fill 438 (cf. smiLynxEM) 439 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 440 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 441 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 442 (cols=pitch) 443 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 444 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 445 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 446 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 447 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 448 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 449 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 450 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 451 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 452 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 453 (i.e. i8042_getc) 454 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 455 (requires blink timer 456 cf. i8042.c) 457 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 458 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 459 upper right corner 460 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 461 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 462 upper left corner 463 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 464 linux_logo.h for logo. 465 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 466 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 467 addional board info beside 468 the logo 469 470 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 471 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 472 environment 'console=serial'. 473 474 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 475 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 476 the "silent" environment variable. See 477 doc/README.silent for more information. 478 479- Console Baudrate: 480 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 481 Select one of the baudrates listed in 482 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 483 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 484 485- Interrupt driven serial port input: 486 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 487 488 PPC405GP only. 489 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 490 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 491 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 492 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 493 494 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 495 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 496 497- Console UART Number: 498 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 499 500 AMCC PPC4xx only. 501 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 502 as default U-Boot console. 503 504- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 505 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 506 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 507 508 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 509 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 510 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 511 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 512 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 513 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 518 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 519 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 520 521- Autoboot Command: 522 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 523 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 524 define a command string that is automatically executed 525 when no character is read on the console interface 526 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 527 528 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 529 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 530 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 531 environment value "bootargs". 532 533 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 534 The value of these goes into the environment as 535 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 536 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 537 ram and nfs. 538 539- Pre-Boot Commands: 540 CONFIG_PREBOOT 541 542 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 543 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 544 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 545 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 546 entering interactive mode. 547 548 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 549 automatically generated or modified. For an example 550 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 551 modified when the user holds down a certain 552 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 553 booting the systems 554 555- Serial Download Echo Mode: 556 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 557 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 558 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 559 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 560 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 561 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 562 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 563 564- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 565 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 566 Select one of the baudrates listed in 567 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 568 569- Monitor Functions: 570 CONFIG_COMMANDS 571 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 572 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 573 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 574 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 575 following values: 576 577 #define enables commands: 578 ------------------------- 579 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 580 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 581 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 582 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 583 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 584 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 585 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 586 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 587 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 588 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 589 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 590 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 591 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 592 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 593 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments 594 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 595 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 596 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 597 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 598 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 599 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 600 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 601 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 602 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 603 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 604 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 605 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 606 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 607 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 608 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 609 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 610 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 611 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 612 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 613 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 614 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 615 loop, loopw, mtest 616 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 617 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 618 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 619 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 620 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 621 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 622 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 623 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 624 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 625 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 626 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 627 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 628 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 629 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 630 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 631 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 632 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 633 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 634 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 635 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 636 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 637 ----------------------------------------------- 638 CFG_CMD_ALL all 639 640 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 641 this is includes all commands, except 642 the ones marked with "*" in the list 643 above. 644 645 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 646 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 647 override the default settings in the respective 648 include file. 649 650 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 651 support you can write: 652 653 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 654 655 656 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 657 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 658 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 659 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 660 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 661 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 662 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 663 initial stack and some data. 664 665 666 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 667 668- Watchdog: 669 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 670 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 671 support. There must be support in the platform specific 672 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 673 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 674 register. 675 676- U-Boot Version: 677 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 678 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 679 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 680 version as printed by the "version" command. 681 This variable is readonly. 682 683- Real-Time Clock: 684 685 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 686 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 687 following options: 688 689 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 690 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 691 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 692 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 693 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 694 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 695 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 696 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 697 698 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 699 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 700 701- Timestamp Support: 702 703 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 704 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 705 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 706 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 707 708- Partition Support: 709 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 710 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 711 712 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 713 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 714 one partition type as well. 715 716- IDE Reset method: 717 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 718 board configurations files but used nowhere! 719 720 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 721 be performed by calling the function 722 ide_set_reset(int reset) 723 which has to be defined in a board specific file 724 725- ATAPI Support: 726 CONFIG_ATAPI 727 728 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 729 730- LBA48 Support 731 CONFIG_LBA48 732 733 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 734 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 735 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 736 support disks up to 2.1TB. 737 738 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 739 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 740 Default is 32bit. 741 742- SCSI Support: 743 At the moment only there is only support for the 744 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 745 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 746 747 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 748 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 749 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 750 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 751 devices. 752 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 753 754- NETWORK Support (PCI): 755 CONFIG_E1000 756 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 757 758 CONFIG_EEPRO100 759 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 760 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 761 write routine for first time initialisation. 762 763 CONFIG_TULIP 764 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 765 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 766 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 767 768 CONFIG_NATSEMI 769 Support for National dp83815 chips. 770 771 CONFIG_NS8382X 772 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 773 774- NETWORK Support (other): 775 776 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 777 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 778 779 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 780 Define this to hold the physical address 781 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 782 783 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 784 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 785 786 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 787 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 788 789 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 790 Define this to hold the physical address 791 of the device (I/O space) 792 793 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 794 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 795 796 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 797 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 798 (some hardware wont work with macros) 799 800- USB Support: 801 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 802 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 803 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 804 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 805 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 806 storage devices. 807 Note: 808 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 809 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 810 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 811 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 812 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 813 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 814 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 815 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 816 817 818- MMC Support: 819 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 820 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 821 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 822 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 823 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 824 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 825 826- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 827 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 828 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 829 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 830 831 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 832 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 833 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 834 835 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 836 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 837 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 838 839 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 840 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 841 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 842 have not defined a custom partition 843 844- Keyboard Support: 845 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 846 847 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 848 support 849 850 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 851 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 852 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 853 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 854 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 855 856- Video support: 857 CONFIG_VIDEO 858 859 Define this to enable video support (for output to 860 video). 861 862 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 863 864 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 865 866 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 867 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 868 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 869 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 870 assumed. 871 872 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 873 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 874 are possible: 875 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 876 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 877 878 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 879 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 880 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 881 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 882 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 883 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 884 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 885 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 886 887 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 888 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 889 890 891 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 892 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 893 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 894 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 895 896- Keyboard Support: 897 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 898 899 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 900 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 901 defined in your board-specific files. 902 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 903 904- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 905 906 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 907 display); also select one of the supported displays 908 by defining one of these: 909 910 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 911 912 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 913 914 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 915 916 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 917 Active, color, single scan. 918 919 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 920 921 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 922 Active, color, single scan. 923 924 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 925 926 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 927 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 928 929 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 930 931 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 932 Active, color, single scan. 933 934 CONFIG_HLD1045 935 936 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 937 Active, color, single scan. 938 939 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 940 941 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 942 or 943 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 944 or 945 Hitachi SP14Q002 946 947 320x240. Black & white. 948 949 Normally display is black on white background; define 950 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 951 952- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 953 954 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 955 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 956 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 957 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 958 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 959 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 960 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 961 loaded very quickly after power-on. 962 963- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP 964 965 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP 966 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the 967 splashscreen support or the bmp command. 968 969- Compression support: 970 CONFIG_BZIP2 971 972 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 973 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 974 compressed images are supported. 975 976 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 977 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 978 be at least 4MB. 979 980- MII/PHY support: 981 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 982 983 The address of PHY on MII bus. 984 985 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 986 987 The clock frequency of the MII bus 988 989 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 990 991 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 992 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 993 994 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 995 996 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 997 reset before any MII register access is possible. 998 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 999 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1000 1001 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1002 1003 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1004 command issued before MII status register can be read 1005 1006- Ethernet address: 1007 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1008 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1009 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1010 1011 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1012 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1013 is not determined automatically. 1014 1015- IP address: 1016 CONFIG_IPADDR 1017 1018 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1019 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1020 determined through e.g. bootp. 1021 1022- Server IP address: 1023 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1024 1025 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1026 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1027 1028- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1029 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1030 1031 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1032 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1033 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1034 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1035 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1036 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1037 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1038 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1039 following delays are insterted then: 1040 1041 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1042 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1043 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1044 4th and following 1045 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1046 1047- DHCP Advanced Options: 1048 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1049 1050 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1051 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1052 1053 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1054 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1055 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1056 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1057 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1058 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1059 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1060 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1061 1062 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1063 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1064 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1065 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1066 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1067 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1068 the DHCP server. 1069 1070 - CDP Options: 1071 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1072 1073 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1074 1075 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1076 1077 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1078 of the device. 1079 1080 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1081 1082 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1083 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1084 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1085 1086 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1087 1088 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1089 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1090 1091 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1092 1093 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1094 1095 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1096 1097 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1098 1099 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1100 1101 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1102 1103 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1104 1105 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1106 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1107 1108 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1109 1110 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1111 1112- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1113 1114 Several configurations allow to display the current 1115 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1116 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1117 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1118 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1119 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1120 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1121 feature in U-Boot. 1122 1123- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1124 1125 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1126 on those systems that support this (optional) 1127 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1128 1129- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1130 1131 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1132 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1133 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1134 1135 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1136 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1137 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1138 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1139 command line interface. 1140 1141 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C. 1142 1143 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1144 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1145 support for I2C. 1146 1147 There are several other quantities that must also be 1148 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1149 1150 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1151 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1152 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1153 the cpu's i2c node address). 1154 1155 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1156 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1157 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1158 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1159 1160 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1161 1162 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1163 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1164 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1165 1166 I2C_INIT 1167 1168 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1169 controller or configure ports. 1170 1171 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1172 1173 I2C_PORT 1174 1175 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1176 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1177 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1178 1179 I2C_ACTIVE 1180 1181 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1182 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1183 define can be null. 1184 1185 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1186 1187 I2C_TRISTATE 1188 1189 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1190 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1191 define can be null. 1192 1193 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1194 1195 I2C_READ 1196 1197 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1198 FALSE if it is low. 1199 1200 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1201 1202 I2C_SDA(bit) 1203 1204 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1205 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1206 1207 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1208 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1209 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1210 1211 I2C_SCL(bit) 1212 1213 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1214 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1215 1216 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1217 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1218 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1219 1220 I2C_DELAY 1221 1222 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1223 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1224 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1225 like: 1226 1227 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1228 1229 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1230 1231 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1232 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1233 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1234 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1235 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1236 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1237 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1238 is run early in the boot sequence. 1239 1240 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1241 1242 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1243 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1244 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1245 1246- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1247 1248 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1249 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1250 D/As on the SACSng board) 1251 1252 CONFIG_SPI_X 1253 1254 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1255 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1256 1257 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1258 1259 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1260 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1261 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1262 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1263 defined, the board configuration must define several 1264 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1265 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1266 1267- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1268 1269 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1270 1271 CONFIG_FPGA 1272 1273 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1274 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1275 1276 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1277 1278 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1279 1280 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1281 1282 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1283 status by the configuration function. This option 1284 will require a board or device specific function to 1285 be written. 1286 1287 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1288 1289 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1290 configuration driver. 1291 1292 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1293 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1294 1295 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1296 1297 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1298 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1299 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1300 indicated a CRC error). 1301 1302 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1303 1304 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1305 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1306 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1307 mS. 1308 1309 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1310 1311 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1312 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1313 1314 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1315 1316 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1317 200 mS. 1318 1319- Configuration Management: 1320 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1321 1322 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1323 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1324 1325- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1326 1327 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1328 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1329 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1330 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1331 protects these variables from casual modification by 1332 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1333 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1334 change this behviour: 1335 1336 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1337 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1338 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1339 these parameters. 1340 1341 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1342 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1343 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1344 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1345 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1346 read-only.] 1347 1348- Protected RAM: 1349 CONFIG_PRAM 1350 1351 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1352 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1353 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1354 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1355 this default value by defining an environment 1356 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1357 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1358 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1359 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1360 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1361 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1362 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1363 1364 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem) 1365 saveenv 1366 1367 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1368 either, which results in a memory region that will 1369 not be affected by reboots. 1370 1371 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1372 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1373 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1374 following board configurations are known to be 1375 "pRAM-clean": 1376 1377 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1378 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1379 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1380 1381- Error Recovery: 1382 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1383 1384 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1385 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1386 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1387 system where you want to system to reboot 1388 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1389 useful during development since you can try to debug 1390 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1391 1392 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1393 1394 This variable defines the number of retries for 1395 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1396 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1397 default value of 5 is used. 1398 1399- Command Interpreter: 1400 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1401 1402 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1403 1404 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1405 1406 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1407 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1408 powerful command line syntax like 1409 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1410 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1411 1412 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1413 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1414 1415 1416 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1417 1418 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1419 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1420 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1421 1422 Note: 1423 1424 In the current implementation, the local variables 1425 space and global environment variables space are 1426 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1427 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1428 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1429 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1430 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1431 1432 Global environment variables are those you use 1433 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1434 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1435 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1436 1437 To store commands and special characters in a 1438 variable, please use double quotation marks 1439 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1440 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1441 symbols. 1442 1443- Default Environment: 1444 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1445 1446 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1447 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1448 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1449 1450 For example, place something like this in your 1451 board's config file: 1452 1453 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1454 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1455 "myvar2=value2\0" 1456 1457 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1458 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1459 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1460 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1461 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1462 You better know what you are doing here. 1463 1464 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1465 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1466 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1467 boot command first. 1468 1469- DataFlash Support: 1470 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1471 1472 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1473 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1474 commands cp, md... 1475 1476- SystemACE Support: 1477 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1478 1479 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1480 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1481 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1482 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1483 1484 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1485 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1486 1487 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1488 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1489 1490- Show boot progress: 1491 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1492 1493 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1494 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1495 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1496 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1497 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1498 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1499 1500 Arg Where When 1501 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1502 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1503 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1504 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1505 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1506 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1507 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1508 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1509 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1510 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1511 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1512 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1513 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1514 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1515 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1516 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1517 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1518 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1519 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1520 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1521 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1522 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1523 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1524 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1525 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1526 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1527 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1528 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1529 1530 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1531 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1532 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1533 1534 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1535 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1536 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1537 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1538 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1539 1540 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1541 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1542 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1543 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1544 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1545 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1546 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1547 1548 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1549 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1550 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1551 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1552 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1553 1554 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1555 1556 1557Modem Support: 1558-------------- 1559 1560[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1561 1562- Modem support endable: 1563 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1564 1565- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1566 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1567 1568- Modem debug support: 1569 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1570 1571 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1572 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1573 1574- Interrupt support (PPC): 1575 1576 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1577 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1578 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1579 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1580 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1581 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1582 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1583 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1584 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1585 general timer_interrupt(). 1586 1587- General: 1588 1589 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1590 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1591 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1592 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1593 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1594 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1595 initialization. 1596 1597 If there are no modem init strings in the 1598 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1599 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1600 supressed, though. 1601 1602 See also: doc/README.Modem 1603 1604 1605Configuration Settings: 1606----------------------- 1607 1608- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1609 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1610 1611- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1612 prompt for user input. 1613 1614- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1615 1616- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1617 1618- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1619 1620- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1621 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1622 booted 1623 1624- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1625 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1626 1627- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1628 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1629 1630- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1631 If the board specific function 1632 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1633 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1634 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1635 1636- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1637 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1638 1639- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1640 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1641 1642- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1643 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1644 simple memory test. 1645 1646- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1647 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1648 1649- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1650 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1651 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1652 1653- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1654 Default load address for network file downloads 1655 1656- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1657 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1658 1659- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1660 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1661 1662- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1663 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1664 Cogent motherboard) 1665 1666- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1667 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1668 1669- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1670 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1671 make config files to be same as the text base address 1672 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1673 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1674 1675- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1676 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1677 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1678 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1679 flash sector. 1680 1681- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1682 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1683 1684- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1685 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1686 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1687 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1688 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1689 1690- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1691 Max number of Flash memory banks 1692 1693- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1694 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1695 1696- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1697 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1698 1699- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1700 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1701 1702- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1703 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1704 1705- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1706 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1707 1708- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1709 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1710 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1711 1712- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1713 1714 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1715 without this option such a download has to be 1716 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1717 copy from RAM to flash. 1718 1719 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1720 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1721 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1722 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1723 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1724 1725- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1726 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1727 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1728 1729- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1730 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1731 in the drivers directory 1732 1733- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1734 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1735 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1736 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1737 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1738 on high ethernet traffic. 1739 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1740 1741The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1742of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1743following configurations: 1744 1745- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1746 1747 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1748 1749 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1750 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1751 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1752 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1753 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1754 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1755 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1756 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1757 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1758 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1759 between U-Boot and the environment. 1760 1761 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1762 1763 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1764 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1765 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1766 for this sector is given here. 1767 1768 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1769 1770 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1771 1772 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1773 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1774 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1775 1776 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1777 1778 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1779 1780 1781 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1782 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1783 the environment. 1784 1785 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1786 1787 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1788 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1789 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1790 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1791 1792 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1793 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1794 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1795 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1796 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1797 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1798 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1799 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1800 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1801 1802 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1803 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1804 1805 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1806 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1807 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1808 a "saveenv" operation. 1809 1810BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1811source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1812accordingly! 1813 1814 1815- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 1816 1817 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 1818 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 1819 environment. 1820 1821 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1822 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1823 1824 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 1825 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 1826 can just be read and written to, without any special 1827 provision. 1828 1829BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 1830in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 1831console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 1832U-Boot will hang. 1833 1834Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 1835environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 1836keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 1837to save the current settings. 1838 1839 1840- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 1841 1842 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 1843 device and a driver for it. 1844 1845 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1846 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1847 1848 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 1849 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 1850 1851 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 1852 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 1853 The default address is zero. 1854 1855 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 1856 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 1857 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 1858 would require six bits. 1859 1860 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 1861 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 1862 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 1863 1864 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 1865 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 1866 that this is NOT the chip address length! 1867 1868 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 1869 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 1870 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 1871 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 1872 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 1873 byte chips. 1874 1875 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 1876 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 1877 in the chip address. 1878 1879 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 1880 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 1881 1882 1883- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 1884 1885 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 1886 want to use for the environment. 1887 1888 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1889 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1890 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1891 1892 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 1893 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 1894 at the specified address. 1895 1896- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 1897 1898 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 1899 for the environment. 1900 1901 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1902 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1903 1904 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 1905 area within the first NAND device. 1906 1907- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 1908 1909 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 1910 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 1911 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 1912 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 1913 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 1914 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 1915 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 1916 1917Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 1918has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 1919created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 1920until then to read environment variables. 1921 1922The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 1923is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 1924with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 1925necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 1926"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 1927have any device yet where we could complain.] 1928 1929Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 1930the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 1931use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 1932 1933- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 1934 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 1935 1936 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 1937 also needs to be defined. 1938 1939- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 1940 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 1941 1942- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 1943 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 1944 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 1945 1946- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 1947 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 1948 1949Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 1950--------------------------------------------------- 1951 1952- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 1953 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 1954 1955- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 1956 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 1957 1958 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 1959 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 1960 the IMMR register after a reset. 1961 1962- Floppy Disk Support: 1963 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 1964 1965 the default drive number (default value 0) 1966 1967 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 1968 1969 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 1970 (default value 1) 1971 1972 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 1973 1974 defines the offset of register from address. It 1975 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 1976 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 1977 1978 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 1979 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 1980 default value. 1981 1982 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 1983 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 1984 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 1985 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 1986 initializations. 1987 1988- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 1989 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 1990 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 1991 1992- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 1993 1994 Start address of memory area that can be used for 1995 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 1996 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 1997 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 1998 will become available only after programming the 1999 memory controller and running certain initialization 2000 sequences. 2001 2002 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2003 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2004 - MPC824X: data cache 2005 - PPC4xx: data cache 2006 2007- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2008 2009 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2010 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2011 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2012 data is located at the end of the available space 2013 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2014 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2015 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2016 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2017 2018 Note: 2019 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2020 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2021 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2022 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2023 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2024 2025- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2026 2027- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2028 2029- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2030 2031- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2032 2033- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2034 2035- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2036 2037- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2038 SDRAM timing 2039 2040- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2041 periodic timer for refresh 2042 2043- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2044 2045- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2046 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2047 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2048 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2049 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2050 2051- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2052 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2053 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2054 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2055 2056- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2057 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2058 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2059 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2060 2061- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2062 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2063 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2064 2065- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2066 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2067 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2068 2069- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2070 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2071 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2072 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2073 2074- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2075 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2076 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2077 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2078 cpm_8260.h. 2079 2080- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2081 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2082 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2083 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2084 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2085 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2086 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2087 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2088 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2089 2090- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2091 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2092 2093- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2094 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2095 to the given FEC; i. e. 2096 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2097 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2098 2099 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2100 2101- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2102 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2103 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2104 2105- CONFIG_RMII 2106 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2107 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2108 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2109 2110- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2111 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2112 The syntax is: 2113 2114 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2115 2116 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2117 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2118 area should have. 2119 2120- CONFIG_LOOPW 2121 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2122 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2123 2124- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2125 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2126 "md/mw" commands. 2127 Examples: 2128 2129 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2130 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2131 2132 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2133 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2134 2135 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2136 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2137 2138- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2139- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2140 2141 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2142 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2143 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2144 not relocate itself into RAM. 2145 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2146 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2147 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2148 performs these intializations itself. 2149 2150 2151Building the Software: 2152====================== 2153 2154Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2155PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2156(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2157NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2158 2159If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2160have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2161with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2162you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2163the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2164change it to: 2165 2166 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2167 2168 2169U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2170sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2171is done by typing: 2172 2173 make NAME_config 2174 2175where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2176configurations; the following names are supported: 2177 2178 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2179 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2180 Alaska8220_config 2181 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2182 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2183 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2184 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2185 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2186 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2187 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2188 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2189 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2190 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2191 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2192 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2193 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config 2194 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2195 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config 2196 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config 2197 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config 2198 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config 2199 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config 2200 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config 2201 omap5912osk_config walnut_config 2202 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config 2203 ZPC1900_config 2204 2205Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2206 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2207 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2208 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2209 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2210 2211 make TQM823L_config 2212 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2213 2214 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2215 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2216 2217 etc. 2218 2219 2220Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2221images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2222 2223- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2224- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2225- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2226 2227 2228Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2229for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2230native "make". 2231 2232 2233If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2234to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2235steps: 2236 22371. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2238 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2239 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2240 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2241 keep this order. 22422. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2243 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2244 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 22453. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2246 your board 22473. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2248 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 22494. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 22505. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2251 to be installed on your target system. 22526. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2253 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2254 2255 2256Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2257============================================================== 2258 2259If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2260or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2261provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2262the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2263official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2264 2265But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2266cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2267the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2268just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2269for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2270select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2271environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2272MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2273 2274 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2275 2276or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2277 2278 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2279 2280See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2281 2282 2283Monitor Commands - Overview: 2284============================ 2285 2286go - start application at address 'addr' 2287run - run commands in an environment variable 2288bootm - boot application image from memory 2289bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2290tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2291 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2292 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2293rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2294diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2295loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2296loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2297md - memory display 2298mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2299nm - memory modify (constant address) 2300mw - memory write (fill) 2301cp - memory copy 2302cmp - memory compare 2303crc32 - checksum calculation 2304imd - i2c memory display 2305imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2306inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2307imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2308icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2309iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2310iloop - infinite loop on address range 2311isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2312sspi - SPI utility commands 2313base - print or set address offset 2314printenv- print environment variables 2315setenv - set environment variables 2316saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2317protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2318erase - erase FLASH memory 2319flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2320bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2321iminfo - print header information for application image 2322coninfo - print console devices and informations 2323ide - IDE sub-system 2324loop - infinite loop on address range 2325loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2326mtest - simple RAM test 2327icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2328dcache - enable or disable data cache 2329reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2330echo - echo args to console 2331version - print monitor version 2332help - print online help 2333? - alias for 'help' 2334 2335 2336Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2337======================================== 2338 2339TODO. 2340 2341For now: just type "help <command>". 2342 2343 2344Environment Variables: 2345====================== 2346 2347U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2348can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2349 2350Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2351"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2352without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2353environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2354working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2355environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2356 2357Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2358 2359 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2360 2361 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2362 2363 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2364 2365 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2366 2367 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2368 2369 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2370 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2371 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2372 load any image using TFTP 2373 2374 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2375 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2376 be automatically started (by internally calling 2377 "bootm") 2378 2379 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2380 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2381 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2382 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2383 data. 2384 2385 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2386 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2387 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2388 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2389 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2390 2391 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2392 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2393 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2394 is usually what you want since it allows for 2395 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2396 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2397 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2398 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2399 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2400 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2401 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2402 2403 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2404 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2405 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2406 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2407 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2408 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2409 2410 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2411 2412 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2413 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2414 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2415 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2416 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2417 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2418 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2419 2420 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2421 2422 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2423 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2424 2425 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2426 2427 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2428 2429 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2430 2431 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2432 2433 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2434 2435 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2436 interface is used first. 2437 2438 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2439 interface is currently active. For example you 2440 can do the following 2441 2442 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2443 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2444 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2445 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2446 2447 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2448 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2449 When set to "once" the network operation will 2450 fail when all the available network interfaces 2451 are tried once without success. 2452 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2453 themselves. 2454 2455 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2456 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2457 VLAN tagged frames. 2458 2459The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2460updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2461depending the information provided by your boot server: 2462 2463 bootfile - see above 2464 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2465 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2466 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2467 hostname - Target hostname 2468 ipaddr - see above 2469 netmask - Subnet Mask 2470 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2471 serverip - see above 2472 2473 2474There are two special Environment Variables: 2475 2476 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2477 as type string and/or serial number 2478 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2479 2480These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2481the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2482once they have been set once. 2483 2484 2485Further special Environment Variables: 2486 2487 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2488 with the "version" command. This variable is 2489 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2490 2491 2492Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2493only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2494 2495 2496Command Line Parsing: 2497===================== 2498 2499There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2500the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2501 2502Old, simple command line parser: 2503-------------------------------- 2504 2505- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2506- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2507- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax 2508- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2509 for example: 2510 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address) 2511- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2512 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2513 2514Hush shell: 2515----------- 2516 2517- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2518 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2519 until...do...done, ... 2520- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2521 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2522 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2523 command 2524 2525General rules: 2526-------------- 2527 2528(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2529 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2530 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2531 executed anyway. 2532 2533(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2534 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2535 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2536 variables are not executed. 2537 2538Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2539======================================= 2540 2541Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2542such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2543"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2544 2545Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2546MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2547"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2548 2549If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2550in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2551ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2552variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2553 2554o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2555 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2556 2557o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2558 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2559 used. 2560 2561o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2562 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2563 2564o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2565 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2566 warning is printed. 2567 2568o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2569 is raised. 2570 2571 2572Image Formats: 2573============== 2574 2575The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2576can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2577definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2578defines the following image properties: 2579 2580* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2581 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2582 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2583 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2584* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 2585 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2586 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2587* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2588* Load Address 2589* Entry Point 2590* Image Name 2591* Image Timestamp 2592 2593The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2594and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2595CRC32 checksums. 2596 2597 2598Linux Support: 2599============== 2600 2601Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2602easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2603U-Boot. 2604 2605U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2606special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2607"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2608instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2609serves several purposes: 2610 2611- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2612 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2613 Flash memory footprint) 2614 2615- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2616 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2617 2618- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2619 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2620 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2621 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2622 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2623 software is easier now. 2624 2625 2626Linux HOWTO: 2627============ 2628 2629Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2630--------------------------------------- 2631 2632U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2633configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2634(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2635Linux :-). 2636 2637But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2638 2639Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2640include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2641Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2642sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2643U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2644 2645 2646Configuring the Linux kernel: 2647----------------------------- 2648 2649No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2650device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2651 2652 2653Building a Linux Image: 2654----------------------- 2655 2656With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2657not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2658"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2659U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2660which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2661100% compatible format. 2662 2663Example: 2664 2665 make TQM850L_config 2666 make oldconfig 2667 make dep 2668 make uImage 2669 2670The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2671encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2672CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2673 2674* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2675 2676* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2677 2678 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2679 -R .note -R .comment \ 2680 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2681 2682* compress the binary image: 2683 2684 gzip -9 linux.bin 2685 2686* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2687 2688 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2689 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2690 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2691 2692 2693The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2694with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2695combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2696byte header containing information about target architecture, 2697operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2698stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2699 2700"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2701print the header information, or to build new images. 2702 2703In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2704contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2705checksum verification: 2706 2707 tools/mkimage -l image 2708 -l ==> list image header information 2709 2710The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2711from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2712 2713 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2714 -n name -d data_file image 2715 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2716 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2717 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2718 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2719 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2720 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2721 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2722 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2723 2724Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2725address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2726kernel version: 2727 2728- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2729- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2730 2731So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2732 2733 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2734 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2735 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2736 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2737 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2738 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2739 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2740 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2741 Load Address: 0x00000000 2742 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2743 2744To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 2745 2746 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 2747 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2748 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2749 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2750 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2751 Load Address: 0x00000000 2752 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2753 2754NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 2755speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 2756needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 2757need to be uncompressed: 2758 2759 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 2760 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2761 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 2762 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 2763 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 2764 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2765 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2766 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 2767 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 2768 Load Address: 0x00000000 2769 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2770 2771 2772Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 2773when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 2774 2775 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 2776 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 2777 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 2778 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2779 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 2780 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2781 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 2782 Load Address: 0x00000000 2783 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2784 2785 2786Installing a Linux Image: 2787------------------------- 2788 2789To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 2790you must convert the image to S-Record format: 2791 2792 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 2793 2794The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 2795image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 2796address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 2797specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 2798command. 2799 2800Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 2801TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 2802 2803 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 2804 2805 .......... done 2806 Erased 8 sectors 2807 2808 => loads 40100000 2809 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2810 ~>examples/image.srec 2811 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 2812 ... 2813 15989 15990 15991 15992 2814 [file transfer complete] 2815 [connected] 2816 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 2817 2818 2819You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 2820this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 2821corruption happened: 2822 2823 => imi 40100000 2824 2825 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2826 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2827 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2828 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2829 Load Address: 00000000 2830 Entry Point: 0000000c 2831 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2832 2833 2834Boot Linux: 2835----------- 2836 2837The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 2838memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 2839of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 2840parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 2841"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 2842 2843 2844 => printenv bootargs 2845 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 2846 2847 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2848 2849 => printenv bootargs 2850 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2851 2852 => bootm 40020000 2853 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 2854 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 2855 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2856 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 2857 Load Address: 00000000 2858 Entry Point: 0000000c 2859 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2860 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2861 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 2862 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2863 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2864 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2865 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 2866 ... 2867 2868If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 2869the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 2870format!) to the "bootm" command: 2871 2872 => imi 40100000 40200000 2873 2874 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2875 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2876 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2877 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2878 Load Address: 00000000 2879 Entry Point: 0000000c 2880 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2881 2882 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 2883 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2884 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2885 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2886 Load Address: 00000000 2887 Entry Point: 00000000 2888 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2889 2890 => bootm 40100000 40200000 2891 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 2892 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2893 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2894 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2895 Load Address: 00000000 2896 Entry Point: 0000000c 2897 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2898 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2899 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 2900 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2901 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2902 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2903 Load Address: 00000000 2904 Entry Point: 00000000 2905 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2906 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 2907 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 2908 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 2909 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2910 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2911 ... 2912 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 2913 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 2914 2915 bash# 2916 2917More About U-Boot Image Types: 2918------------------------------ 2919 2920U-Boot supports the following image types: 2921 2922 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 2923 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 2924 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 2925 the Standalone Program. 2926 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 2927 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 2928 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 2929 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 2930 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 2931 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 2932 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 2933 being started. 2934 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 2935 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 2936 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 2937 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 2938 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 2939 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 2940 2941 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 2942 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 2943 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 2944 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 2945 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 2946 a multiple of 4 bytes). 2947 2948 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 2949 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 2950 flash memory. 2951 2952 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 2953 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 2954 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 2955 as command interpreter. 2956 2957 2958Standalone HOWTO: 2959================= 2960 2961One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 2962run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 2963U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 2964 2965Two simple examples are included with the sources: 2966 2967"Hello World" Demo: 2968------------------- 2969 2970'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 2971application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 2972It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 2973like that: 2974 2975 => loads 2976 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2977 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 2978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 2979 [file transfer complete] 2980 [connected] 2981 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 2982 2983 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 2984 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 2985 Hello World 2986 argc = 7 2987 argv[0] = "40004" 2988 argv[1] = "Hello" 2989 argv[2] = "World!" 2990 argv[3] = "This" 2991 argv[4] = "is" 2992 argv[5] = "a" 2993 argv[6] = "test." 2994 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 2995 Hit any key to exit ... 2996 2997 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 2998 2999Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 3000handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 3001Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 3002The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 3003character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 3004controlled by the following keys: 3005 3006 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3007 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3008 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3009 q - quit application 3010 3011 => loads 3012 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3013 ~>examples/timer.srec 3014 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3015 [file transfer complete] 3016 [connected] 3017 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3018 3019 => go 40004 3020 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3021 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3022 Using timer 1 3023 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3024 3025Hit 'b': 3026 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3027 Enabling timer 3028Hit '?': 3029 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3030 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3031Hit '?': 3032 [q, b, e, ?] . 3033 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3034Hit '?': 3035 [q, b, e, ?] . 3036 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3037Hit '?': 3038 [q, b, e, ?] . 3039 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3040Hit 'e': 3041 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3042Hit 'q': 3043 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3044 3045 3046Minicom warning: 3047================ 3048 3049Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3050"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3051consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3052Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3053especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3054use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3055 3056Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3057configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3058 3059 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3060 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3061 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3062 3063 3064NetBSD Notes: 3065============= 3066 3067Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3068(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3069 3070Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3071NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3072need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3073Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3074attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3075missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3076 3077 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3078 # mkdir powerpc 3079 # ln -s powerpc machine 3080 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3081 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3082 3083Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3084and U-Boot include files. 3085 3086Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3087stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3088proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3089tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3090meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3091 3092 3093Implementation Internals: 3094========================= 3095 3096The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3097implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3098inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3099hardware. 3100 3101 3102Initial Stack, Global Data: 3103--------------------------- 3104 3105The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3106starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3107system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3108This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3109is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3110at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3111options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3112models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3113MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3114locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3115 3116 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3117 u-boot-users mailing list: 3118 3119 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3120 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3121 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3122 ... 3123 3124 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3125 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3126 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3127 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3128 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3129 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3130 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3131 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3132 3133 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3134 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3135 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3136 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3137 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3138 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3139 used. 3140 3141 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3142 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3143 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3144 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3145 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3146 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3147 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3148 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3149 you get the config right. 3150 3151 -Chris Hallinan 3152 DS4.COM, Inc. 3153 3154It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3155code for the initialization procedures: 3156 3157* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3158 to write it. 3159 3160* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3161 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3162 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3163 3164* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3165 that. 3166 3167Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3168normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3169turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3170simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3171functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3172functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3173the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3174place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3175reserve for this purpose. 3176 3177When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3178relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3179GCC's implementation. 3180 3181For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3182 R1: stack pointer 3183 R2: TOC pointer 3184 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3185 R5-R10: parameter passing 3186 R13: small data area pointer 3187 R30: GOT pointer 3188 R31: frame pointer 3189 3190 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3191 3192 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3193 3194 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3195 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3196 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3197 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3198 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3199 624 text + 127 data). 3200 3201On ARM, the following registers are used: 3202 3203 R0: function argument word/integer result 3204 R1-R3: function argument word 3205 R9: GOT pointer 3206 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3207 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3208 R12: temporary workspace 3209 R13: stack pointer 3210 R14: link register 3211 R15: program counter 3212 3213 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3214 3215 3216Memory Management: 3217------------------ 3218 3219U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3220MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3221 3222The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3223controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3224memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3225physical memory banks. 3226 3227U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3228TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3229booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3230to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3231memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3232configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3233Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3234 3235Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3236of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3237 3238So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3239this: 3240 3241 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3242 : 3243 0x0000 1FFF 3244 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3245 : 3246 : 3247 3248 : 3249 : 3250 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3251 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3252 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3253 : 3254 0x00FD FFFF 3255 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3256 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3257 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3258 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3259 3260 3261System Initialization: 3262---------------------- 3263 3264In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3265(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3266configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3267To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3268To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3269initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3270which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3271part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3272the caches and the SIU. 3273 3274Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3275preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3276(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3277on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3278programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3279simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3280banks. 3281 3282When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3283different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3284bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 32850x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3286contiguous memory starting from 0. 3287 3288Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3289and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3290Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3291pages, and the final stack is set up. 3292 3293Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3294until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3295running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3296new address in RAM. 3297 3298 3299U-Boot Porting Guide: 3300---------------------- 3301 3302[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3303list, October 2002] 3304 3305 3306int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3307{ 3308 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3309 3310 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3311 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3312 3313 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3314 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3315 return 0; 3316 } 3317 3318 Download latest U-Boot source; 3319 3320 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3321 3322 if (clueless) { 3323 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3324 } 3325 3326 while (learning) { 3327 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3328 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3329 Read the source, Luke; 3330 } 3331 3332 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3333 Buy a BDI2000; 3334 } else { 3335 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3336 } 3337 3338 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3339 3340 Create your own board config file; 3341 3342 while (!running) { 3343 do { 3344 Add / modify source code; 3345 } until (compiles); 3346 Debug; 3347 if (clueless) 3348 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3349 } 3350 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3351 3352 return 0; 3353} 3354 3355void no_more_time (int sig) 3356{ 3357 hire_a_guru(); 3358} 3359 3360 3361Coding Standards: 3362----------------- 3363 3364All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3365coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux 3366kernel source directory. 3367 3368Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts 3369in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style 3370comments (//) in your code. 3371 3372Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3373- remove any trailing white space 3374- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3375- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3376- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3377- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3378 3379Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3380with a request to reformat the changes. 3381 3382 3383Submitting Patches: 3384------------------- 3385 3386Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3387establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3388may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3389 3390Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3391 3392When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3393it: 3394 3395* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3396 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3397 patch actually fixes something. 3398 3399* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3400 implementation. 3401 3402* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3403 3404* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3405 3406* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3407 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3408 3409* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3410 document these in the README file. 3411 3412* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3413 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3414 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3415 version of GNU diff. 3416 3417 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3418 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3419 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3420 directory information for the affected files). 3421 3422 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3423 gzipped text. 3424 3425* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3426 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3427 3428* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3429 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3430 3431 3432Notes: 3433 3434* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3435 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3436 for any of the boards. 3437 3438* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3439 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3440 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3441 3442* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3443 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3444 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3445 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3446 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3447 modification. 3448 3449* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3450 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3451