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23
24Summary:
25========
26
27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28Embedded boards based on PowerPC and ARM processors, which can be
29installed in a boot ROM and used to initialize and test the hardware
30or to download and run application code.
31
32The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
33the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
34header files in common, and special provision has been made to
35support booting of Linux images.
36
37Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
38configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
39implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
40add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
41code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
42load and run it dynamically.
43
44
45Status:
46=======
47
48In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
49Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
50"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
51
52In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
53who contributed the specific port.
54
55
56Where to get help:
57==================
58
59In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
60U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
61<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
62previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
63before asking FAQ's. Please see
64http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
65
66
67Where we come from:
68===================
69
70- start from 8xxrom sources
71- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
72- clean up code
73- make it easier to add custom boards
74- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
75- extend functions, especially:
76  * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
77  * S-Record download
78  * network boot
79  * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
80- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
81- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
82- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
83
84
85Names and Spelling:
86===================
87
88The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
89"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
90in source files etc.). Example:
91
92	This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
93
94File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
95
96	include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
97
98	#include <asm/u-boot.h>
99
100Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
101the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
102
103	U_BOOT_VERSION		u_boot_logo
104	IH_OS_U_BOOT		u_boot_hush_start
105
106
107Versioning:
108===========
109
110U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
111sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
112sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
113
114The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
115between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
116U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
117
118
119Directory Hierarchy:
120====================
121
122- board		Board dependent files
123- common	Misc architecture independent functions
124- cpu		CPU specific files
125- disk		Code for disk drive partition handling
126- doc		Documentation (don't expect too much)
127- drivers	Commonly used device drivers
128- dtt		Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
129- examples	Example code for standalone applications, etc.
130- include	Header Files
131- disk		Harddisk interface code
132- net		Networking code
133- ppc		Files generic to PowerPC architecture
134- post		Power On Self Test
135- post/arch		Symlink to architecture specific Power On Self Test
136- post/arch-ppc		PowerPC architecture specific Power On Self Test
137- post/cpu/mpc8260	MPC8260 CPU specific Power On Self Test
138- post/cpu/mpc8xx	MPC8xx CPU specific Power On Self Test
139- rtc		Real Time Clock drivers
140- tools		Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
141
142- cpu/74xx_7xx	Files specific to Motorola MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
143- cpu/arm925t	Files specific to ARM	   925	   CPUs
144- cpu/arm926ejs	Files specific to ARM	926	CPUs
145- cpu/mpc5xx	Files specific to Motorola MPC5xx  CPUs
146- cpu/mpc8xx	Files specific to Motorola MPC8xx  CPUs
147- cpu/mpc824x	Files specific to Motorola MPC824x CPUs
148- cpu/mpc8260	Files specific to Motorola MPC8260 CPU
149- cpu/ppc4xx	Files specific to IBM	   4xx	   CPUs
150
151
152- board/LEOX/   Files specific to boards manufactured by The LEOX team
153- board/LEOX/elpt860	Files specific to ELPT860 boards
154- board/RPXClassic
155		Files specific to RPXClassic boards
156- board/RPXlite	Files specific to RPXlite    boards
157- board/at91rm9200dk Files specific to AT91RM9200DK boards
158- board/c2mon	Files specific to c2mon	     boards
159- board/cmi	Files specific to cmi        boards
160- board/cogent	Files specific to Cogent     boards
161		(need further configuration)
162		Files specific to CPCIISER4  boards
163- board/cpu86	Files specific to CPU86      boards
164- board/cray/	Files specific to boards manufactured by Cray
165- board/cray/L1		Files specific to L1         boards
166- board/cu824	Files specific to CU824	     boards
167- board/ebony   Files specific to IBM Ebony board
168- board/eric	Files specific to ERIC	     boards
169- board/esd/	Files specific to boards manufactured by ESD
170- board/esd/adciop	Files specific to ADCIOP     boards
171- board/esd/ar405	Files specific to AR405	     boards
172- board/esd/canbt	Files specific to CANBT	     boards
173- board/esd/cpci405	Files specific to CPCI405    boards
174- board/esd/cpciiser4	Files specific to CPCIISER4  boards
175- board/esd/common	Common files for ESD boards
176- board/esd/dasa_sim	Files specific to DASA_SIM   boards
177- board/esd/du405	Files specific to DU405      boards
178- board/esd/ocrtc	Files specific to OCRTC      boards
179- board/esd/pci405	Files specific to PCI405     boards
180- board/esteem192e
181		Files specific to ESTEEM192E boards
182- board/etx094	Files specific to ETX_094    boards
183- board/evb64260
184		Files specific to EVB64260   boards
185- board/fads	Files specific to FADS	     boards
186- board/flagadm Files specific to FLAGADM    boards
187- board/gen860t Files specific to GEN860T and GEN860T_SC    boards
188- board/genietv Files specific to GENIETV    boards
189- board/gth	Files specific to GTH	     boards
190- board/hermes	Files specific to HERMES     boards
191- board/hymod	Files specific to HYMOD	     boards
192- board/icu862	Files specific to ICU862     boards
193- board/ip860	Files specific to IP860	     boards
194- board/iphase4539
195		Files specific to Interphase4539 boards
196- board/ivm	Files specific to IVMS8/IVML24 boards
197- board/lantec	Files specific to LANTEC     boards
198- board/lwmon	Files specific to LWMON	     boards
199- board/mbx8xx	Files specific to MBX	     boards
200- board/mpc8260ads
201		Files specific to MPC8260ADS and PQ2FADS-ZU boards
202- board/mpl/	Files specific to boards manufactured by MPL
203- board/mpl/common	Common files for MPL boards
204- board/mpl/pip405	Files specific to PIP405     boards
205- board/mpl/mip405	Files specific to MIP405     boards
206- board/mpl/vcma9	Files specific to VCMA9      boards
207- board/musenki	Files specific to MUSEKNI    boards
208- board/mvs1	Files specific to MVS1       boards
209- board/nx823   Files specific to NX823      boards
210- board/oxc	Files specific to OXC        boards
211- board/omap1510inn
212		Files specific to OMAP 1510 Innovator boards
213- board/omap1610inn
214		Files specific to OMAP 1610 Innovator boards
215- board/pcippc2	Files specific to PCIPPC2/PCIPPC6 boards
216- board/pm826	Files specific to PM826      boards
217- board/ppmc8260
218		Files specific to PPMC8260   boards
219- board/rpxsuper
220		Files specific to RPXsuper   boards
221- board/rsdproto
222		Files specific to RSDproto   boards
223- board/sandpoint
224		Files specific to Sandpoint  boards
225- board/sbc8260	Files specific to SBC8260    boards
226- board/sacsng	Files specific to SACSng     boards
227- board/siemens Files specific to boards manufactured by Siemens AG
228- board/siemens/CCM	Files specific to CCM	     boards
229- board/siemens/IAD210	Files specific to IAD210     boards
230- board/siemens/SCM	Files specific to SCM        boards
231- board/siemens/pcu_e	Files specific to PCU_E	     boards
232- board/sixnet	Files specific to SIXNET     boards
233- board/spd8xx	Files specific to SPD8xxTS   boards
234- board/tqm8260 Files specific to TQM8260    boards
235- board/tqm8xx	Files specific to TQM8xxL    boards
236- board/w7o	Files specific to W7O        boards
237- board/walnut405
238		Files specific to Walnut405  boards
239- board/westel/	Files specific to boards manufactured by Westel Wireless
240- board/westel/amx860	Files specific to AMX860     boards
241- board/utx8245	Files specific to UTX8245   boards
242
243Software Configuration:
244=======================
245
246Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
247rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
248
249There are two classes of configuration variables:
250
251* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
252  These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
253  "CONFIG_".
254
255* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
256  These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
257  you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
258  "CFG_".
259
260Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
261identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
262do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
263links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
264as an example here.
265
266
267Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
268---------------------------------------------------
269
270For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
271configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
272
273Example: For a TQM823L module type:
274
275	cd u-boot
276	make TQM823L_config
277
278For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
279e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
280directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
281
282
283Configuration Options:
284----------------------
285
286Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
287such information is kept in a configuration file
288"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
289
290Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
291"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
292
293
294Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
295kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
296build a config tool - later.
297
298
299The following options need to be configured:
300
301- CPU Type:	Define exactly one of
302
303		PowerPC based CPUs:
304		-------------------
305		CONFIG_MPC823,	CONFIG_MPC850,	CONFIG_MPC855,	CONFIG_MPC860
306	or	CONFIG_MPC5xx
307	or	CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
308	or	CONFIG_IOP480
309	or	CONFIG_405GP
310	or	CONFIG_405EP
311	or	CONFIG_440
312	or	CONFIG_MPC74xx
313	or	CONFIG_750FX
314
315		ARM based CPUs:
316		---------------
317		CONFIG_SA1110
318		CONFIG_ARM7
319		CONFIG_PXA250
320
321
322- Board Type:	Define exactly one of
323
324		PowerPC based boards:
325		---------------------
326
327		CONFIG_ADCIOP,     CONFIG_ICU862      CONFIG_RPXsuper,
328		CONFIG_ADS860,     CONFIG_IP860,      CONFIG_SM850,
329		CONFIG_AMX860,     CONFIG_IPHASE4539, CONFIG_SPD823TS,
330		CONFIG_AR405,      CONFIG_IVML24,     CONFIG_SXNI855T,
331		CONFIG_BAB7xx,     CONFIG_IVML24_128, CONFIG_Sandpoint8240,
332		CONFIG_CANBT,      CONFIG_IVML24_256, CONFIG_Sandpoint8245,
333		CONFIG_CCM,        CONFIG_IVMS8,      CONFIG_TQM823L,
334		CONFIG_CPCI405,    CONFIG_IVMS8_128,  CONFIG_TQM850L,
335		CONFIG_CPCI4052,   CONFIG_IVMS8_256,  CONFIG_TQM855L,
336		CONFIG_CPCIISER4,  CONFIG_LANTEC,     CONFIG_TQM860L,
337		CONFIG_CPU86,      CONFIG_MBX,        CONFIG_TQM8260,
338		CONFIG_CRAYL1,     CONFIG_MBX860T,    CONFIG_TTTech,
339		CONFIG_CU824,      CONFIG_MHPC,       CONFIG_UTX8245,
340		CONFIG_DASA_SIM,   CONFIG_MIP405,     CONFIG_W7OLMC,
341		CONFIG_DU405,      CONFIG_MOUSSE,     CONFIG_W7OLMG,
342		CONFIG_ELPPC,      CONFIG_MPC8260ADS, CONFIG_WALNUT405,
343		CONFIG_ERIC,       CONFIG_MUSENKI,    CONFIG_ZUMA,
344		CONFIG_ESTEEM192E, CONFIG_MVS1,       CONFIG_c2mon,
345		CONFIG_ETX094,     CONFIG_NX823,      CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260,
346		CONFIG_EVB64260,   CONFIG_OCRTC,      CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx,
347		CONFIG_FADS823,    CONFIG_ORSG,       CONFIG_ep8260,
348		CONFIG_FADS850SAR, CONFIG_OXC,        CONFIG_gw8260,
349		CONFIG_FADS860T,   CONFIG_PCI405,     CONFIG_hermes,
350		CONFIG_FLAGADM,    CONFIG_PCIPPC2,    CONFIG_hymod,
351		CONFIG_FPS850L,    CONFIG_PCIPPC6,    CONFIG_lwmon,
352		CONFIG_GEN860T,    CONFIG_PIP405,     CONFIG_pcu_e,
353		CONFIG_GENIETV,    CONFIG_PM826,      CONFIG_ppmc8260,
354		CONFIG_GTH,        CONFIG_RPXClassic, CONFIG_rsdproto,
355		CONFIG_IAD210,     CONFIG_RPXlite,    CONFIG_sbc8260,
356		CONFIG_EBONY,      CONFIG_sacsng,     CONFIG_FPS860L,
357		CONFIG_V37,        CONFIG_ELPT860,    CONFIG_CMI,
358		CONFIG_NETVIA,     CONFIG_RBC823
359
360		ARM based boards:
361		-----------------
362
363		CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE,  CONFIG_DNP1110,    CONFIG_EP7312,
364		CONFIG_IMPA7,       CONFIG_LART,       CONFIG_LUBBOCK,
365		CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510,	CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610
366		CONFIG_SHANNON,     CONFIG_SMDK2400,   CONFIG_SMDK2410,
367		CONFIG_TRAB,	    CONFIG_VCMA9,      CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK
368
369
370- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
371		Define exactly one of
372		CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
373--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
374		CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
375		CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
376
377- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
378		Define exactly one of
379		CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
380
381- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
382		Define one or more of
383		CONFIG_CMA302
384
385- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
386		Define one or more of
387		CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT	- update a character position on
388					  the lcd display every second with
389					  a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
390
391- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
392		CONFIG_ADSTYPE
393		Possible values are:
394			CFG_8260ADS	- original MPC8260ADS
395			CFG_8266ADS	- MPC8266ADS (untested)
396			CFG_PQ2FADS	- PQ2FADS-ZU
397
398
399- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
400	Define exactly one of
401	CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
402
403- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an 8xx cpu)
404		Define one or more of
405		CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ	- if get_gclk_freq() can not work e.g.
406					  no 32KHz reference PIT/RTC clock
407
408- Clock Interface:
409		CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
410
411		U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
412		internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
413		kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
414		bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
415		"clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
416		converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
417		Linux kernel.
418
419		When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
420		"clocks_in_mhz=1" is  automatically  included  in  the
421		default environment.
422
423- Console Interface:
424		Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
425		(like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
426		CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
427		console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
428
429		Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
430		port routines must be defined elsewhere
431		(i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
432
433		CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
434		Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
435		defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
436			VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN	graphic memory organisation
437						(default big endian)
438			VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL	graphic chip supports
439						rectangle fill
440						(cf. smiLynxEM)
441			VIDEO_HW_BITBLT		graphic chip supports
442						bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
443			VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS	visible pixel columns
444						(cols=pitch)
445			VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS      visible pixel rows
446			VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE        bytes per pixel
447			VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT	graphic data format
448						(0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
449			VIDEO_FB_ADRS           framebuffer address
450			VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT	keyboard int fct
451						(i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
452			VIDEO_TSTC_FCT		test char fct
453						(i.e. i8042_tstc)
454			VIDEO_GETC_FCT		get char fct
455						(i.e. i8042_getc)
456			CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR	cursor drawing on/off
457						(requires blink timer
458						cf. i8042.c)
459			CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
460			CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME	display time/date info in
461						upper right corner
462						(requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
463			CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO	display Linux logo in
464						upper left corner
465			CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO	use bmp_logo.h instead of
466						linux_logo.h for logo.
467						Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
468			CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
469						addional board info beside
470						the logo
471
472		When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
473		default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
474		environment 'console=serial'.
475
476- Console Baudrate:
477		CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
478		Select one of the baudrates listed in
479		CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
480
481- Interrupt driven serial port input:
482		CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
483
484		PPC405GP only.
485		Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
486		serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
487		(RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
488		bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
489
490		Set to 0 to disable this feature (this is the default).
491		This will also disable hardware handshake.
492
493- Console UART Number:
494		CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
495
496		IBM PPC4xx only.
497		If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
498		as default U-Boot console.
499
500- Boot Delay:	CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
501		Delay before automatically booting the default image;
502		set to -1 to disable autoboot.
503
504		See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
505		work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
506		CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
507		CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
508		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
509		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
510		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
511		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
512		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
513		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
514		CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
515		CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
516
517- Autoboot Command:
518		CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
519		Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
520		define a command string that is automatically executed
521		when no character is read on the console interface
522		within "Boot Delay" after reset.
523
524		CONFIG_BOOTARGS
525		This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
526		command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
527		environment value "bootargs".
528
529		CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
530		The value of these goes into the environment as
531		"ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
532		as a convenience, when switching between booting from
533		ram and nfs.
534
535- Pre-Boot Commands:
536		CONFIG_PREBOOT
537
538		When this option is #defined, the existence of the
539		environment variable "preboot" will be checked
540		immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
541		countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
542		entering interactive mode.
543
544		This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
545		automatically generated or modified. For an example
546		see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
547		modified when the user holds down a certain
548		combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
549		booting the systems
550
551- Serial Download Echo Mode:
552		CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
553		If defined to 1, all characters received during a
554		serial download (using the "loads" command) are
555		echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
556		emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
557		time on others. This setting #define's the initial
558		value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
559
560- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
561		CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
562		Select one of the baudrates listed in
563		CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
564
565- Monitor Functions:
566		CONFIG_COMMANDS
567		Most monitor functions can be selected (or
568		de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
569		CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
570		#define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
571		following values:
572
573		#define enables commands:
574		-------------------------
575		CFG_CMD_ASKENV	* ask for env variable
576		CFG_CMD_BDI	  bdinfo
577		CFG_CMD_BEDBUG	  Include BedBug Debugger
578		CFG_CMD_BOOTD	  bootd
579		CFG_CMD_CACHE	  icache, dcache
580		CFG_CMD_CONSOLE	  coninfo
581		CFG_CMD_DATE	* support for RTC, date/time...
582		CFG_CMD_DHCP	  DHCP support
583		CFG_CMD_ECHO	* echo arguments
584		CFG_CMD_EEPROM	* EEPROM read/write support
585		CFG_CMD_ELF	  bootelf, bootvx
586		CFG_CMD_ENV	  saveenv
587		CFG_CMD_FDC	* Floppy Disk Support
588		CFG_CMD_FAT	  FAT partition support
589		CFG_CMD_FDOS	* Dos diskette Support
590		CFG_CMD_FLASH	  flinfo, erase, protect
591		CFG_CMD_FPGA	  FPGA device initialization support
592		CFG_CMD_I2C	* I2C serial bus support
593		CFG_CMD_IDE	* IDE harddisk support
594		CFG_CMD_IMI	  iminfo
595		CFG_CMD_IMMAP	* IMMR dump support
596		CFG_CMD_IRQ	* irqinfo
597		CFG_CMD_KGDB	* kgdb
598		CFG_CMD_LOADB	  loadb
599		CFG_CMD_LOADS	  loads
600		CFG_CMD_MEMORY	  md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
601				  loop, mtest
602		CFG_CMD_MMC	  MMC memory mapped support
603		CFG_CMD_MII	  MII utility commands
604		CFG_CMD_NET	  bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
605		CFG_CMD_PCI	* pciinfo
606		CFG_CMD_PCMCIA	* PCMCIA support
607		CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
608		CFG_CMD_RUN	  run command in env variable
609		CFG_CMD_SCSI	* SCSI Support
610		CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
611		CFG_CMD_SPI	* SPI serial bus support
612		CFG_CMD_USB	* USB support
613		CFG_CMD_BSP	* Board SPecific functions
614		-----------------------------------------------
615		CFG_CMD_ALL	all
616
617		CFG_CMD_DFL	Default configuration; at the moment
618				this is includes all commands, except
619				the ones marked with "*" in the list
620				above.
621
622		If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
623		CFG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
624		override the default settings in the respective
625		include file.
626
627		EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
628		support you can write:
629
630		#define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
631
632
633	Note:	Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
634		(configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
635		what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
636		cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
637		8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
638		uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
639		systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
640		initial stack and some data.
641
642
643		XXX - this list needs to get updated!
644
645- Watchdog:
646		CONFIG_WATCHDOG
647		If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
648		support. There must be support in the platform specific
649		code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
650		SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
651		register.
652
653- U-Boot Version:
654		CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
655		If this variable is defined, an environment variable
656		named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
657		version as printed by the "version" command.
658		This variable is readonly.
659
660- Real-Time Clock:
661
662		When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
663		has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
664		following options:
665
666		CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx	- use internal RTC of MPC8xx
667		CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563	- use Philips PCF8563 RTC
668		CONFIG_RTC_MC146818	- use MC146818 RTC
669		CONFIG_RTC_DS1307	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
670		CONFIG_RTC_DS1337	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
671		CONFIG_RTC_DS1338	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
672		CONFIG_RTC_DS164x	- use Dallas DS164x RTC
673
674		Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
675		must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
676
677- Timestamp Support:
678
679		When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
680		(date and time) of an image is printed by image
681		commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
682		automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
683
684- Partition Support:
685		CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
686		and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
687
688		If IDE or SCSI support	is  enabled  (CFG_CMD_IDE  or
689		CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
690		one partition type as well.
691
692- IDE Reset method:
693		CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE
694
695		Set this to define that instead of a reset Pin, the
696		routine ide_set_reset(int idereset) will be used.
697
698- ATAPI Support:
699		CONFIG_ATAPI
700
701		Set this to enable ATAPI support.
702
703- SCSI Support:
704		At the moment only there is only support for the
705		SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
706		CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
707
708		CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
709		CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
710		CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
711		maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
712		devices.
713		CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
714
715- NETWORK Support (PCI):
716		CONFIG_E1000
717		Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
718
719		CONFIG_EEPRO100
720		Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
721		Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
722		write routine for first time initialisation.
723
724		CONFIG_TULIP
725		Support for Digital 2114x chips.
726		Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
727		modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
728
729		CONFIG_NATSEMI
730		Support for National dp83815 chips.
731
732		CONFIG_NS8382X
733		Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
734
735- NETWORK Support (other):
736
737		CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
738		Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
739
740			CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
741			Define this to hold the physical address
742			of the LAN91C96's I/O space
743
744			CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
745			Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
746
747- USB Support:
748		At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
749		supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
750		CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
751		define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
752		end define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
753		storage devices.
754		Note:
755		Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
756		(TEAC FD-05PUB).
757
758- MMC Support:
759		The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
760		enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
761		accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
762		to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
763		enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
764		the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
765
766- Keyboard Support:
767		CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
768
769		Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
770		support
771
772		CONFIG_I8042_KBD
773		Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
774		GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
775		Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
776		for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
777
778- Video support:
779		CONFIG_VIDEO
780
781		Define this to enable video support (for output to
782		video).
783
784		CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
785
786		Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
787
788		CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
789		Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip
790		Videomode are selected via environment 'videomode' with
791		standard LiLo mode numbers.
792		Following modes are supported  (* is default):
793
794			    800x600  1024x768  1280x1024
795	      256  (8bit)     303*      305       307
796	    65536 (16bit)     314       317       31a
797	16,7 Mill (24bit)     315       318       31b
798		(i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
799
800		CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
801		Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
802		and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
803		or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
804
805- Keyboard Support:
806		CONFIG_KEYBOARD
807
808		Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
809		This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
810		defined in your board-specific files.
811		The only board using this so far is RBC823.
812
813- LCD Support:	CONFIG_LCD
814
815		Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
816		display); also select one of the supported displays
817		by defining one of these:
818
819		CONFIG_NEC_NL6648AC33:
820
821			NEC NL6648AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
822
823		CONFIG_NEC_NL6648BC20
824
825			NEC NL6648BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
826			Active, color, single scan.
827
828		CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
829
830			Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
831			It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
832
833		CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
834
835			Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
836			Active, color, single scan.
837
838		CONFIG_HLD1045
839
840			HLD1045 display, 640x480.
841			Active, color, single scan.
842
843		CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
844
845			Optrex	 CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
846			or
847			Hitachi	 LMG6912RPFC-00T
848			or
849			Hitachi	 SP14Q002
850
851			320x240. Black & white.
852
853		Normally display is black on white background; define
854		CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
855
856- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
857
858		If this option is set, the environment is checked for
859		a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
860		of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
861		is supressed and the BMP image at the address
862		specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
863		console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
864		allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
865		loaded very quickly after power-on.
866
867- Compression support:
868		CONFIG_BZIP2
869
870		If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
871		images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
872		compressed images are supported.
873
874                NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
875                the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
876                be at least 4MB.
877
878- Ethernet address:
879		CONFIG_ETHADDR
880		CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
881		CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
882
883		Define a default value for ethernet address to use
884		for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
885		is not determined automatically.
886
887- IP address:
888		CONFIG_IPADDR
889
890		Define a default value for the IP address to use for
891		the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
892		determined through e.g. bootp.
893
894- Server IP address:
895		CONFIG_SERVERIP
896
897		Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
898		server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
899
900- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
901		CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
902
903		If you have many targets in a network that try to
904		boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
905		systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
906		moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
907		from a power failure, when all systems will try to
908		boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
909		CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
910		inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
911		following delays are insterted then:
912
913		1st BOOTP request:	delay 0 ... 1 sec
914		2nd BOOTP request:	delay 0 ... 2 sec
915		3rd BOOTP request:	delay 0 ... 4 sec
916		4th and following
917		BOOTP requests:		delay 0 ... 8 sec
918
919- DHCP Advanced Options:
920		CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
921
922		You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
923		these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
924
925		CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
926		serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
927		than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
928		If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
929		serverip will be stored in the additional environment
930		variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
931		stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
932		is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
933
934		CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
935		to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
936		need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
937		If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
938		CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
939		environment variable is passed as option 12 to
940		the DHCP server.
941
942- Status LED:	CONFIG_STATUS_LED
943
944		Several configurations allow to display the current
945		status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
946		fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
947		soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
948		start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
949		(supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
950		kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
951		feature in U-Boot.
952
953- CAN Support:	CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
954
955		Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
956		on those systems that support this (optional)
957		feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
958
959- I2C Support:	CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
960
961		These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
962		(but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
963		include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
964
965		This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
966		command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
967		CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
968		clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
969		command line interface.
970
971		CONFIG_HARD_I2C	selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
972
973		CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
974		bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
975		support for I2C.
976
977		There are several other quantities that must also be
978		defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
979
980		In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
981		to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
982		to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
983		the cpu's i2c node address).
984
985		Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
986		sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
987		therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
988		p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
989
990		That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
991
992		If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
993		then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
994		from include/configs/lwmon.h):
995
996		I2C_INIT
997
998		(Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
999		controller or configure ports.
1000
1001		eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |=  PB_SCL)
1002
1003		I2C_PORT
1004
1005		(Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1006		assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1007		are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1008
1009		I2C_ACTIVE
1010
1011		The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1012		(driven).  If the data line is open collector, this
1013		define can be null.
1014
1015		eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |=  PB_SDA)
1016
1017		I2C_TRISTATE
1018
1019		The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1020		(inactive).  If the data line is open collector, this
1021		define can be null.
1022
1023		eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1024
1025		I2C_READ
1026
1027		Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1028		FALSE if it is low.
1029
1030		eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1031
1032		I2C_SDA(bit)
1033
1034		If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1035		is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1036
1037		eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1038			if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |=  PB_SDA; \
1039			else    immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1040
1041		I2C_SCL(bit)
1042
1043		If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1044		is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1045
1046		eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1047			if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |=  PB_SCL; \
1048			else    immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1049
1050		I2C_DELAY
1051
1052		This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1053		controls the rate of data transfer.  The data rate thus
1054		is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1055		like:
1056
1057		#define I2C_DELAY  udelay(2)
1058
1059		CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1060
1061		When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1062		chips might think that the current transfer is still
1063		in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1064		the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1065		processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1066		connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1067		custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1068		is run early in the boot sequence.
1069
1070- SPI Support:	CONFIG_SPI
1071
1072		Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1073		SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1074		D/As on the SACSng board)
1075
1076		CONFIG_SPI_X
1077
1078		Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1079		(symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1080
1081		CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1082
1083		Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1084		using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1085		driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1086		(two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1087		defined, the board configuration must define several
1088		SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1089		an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1090
1091- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1092
1093		Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1094
1095		CONFIG_FPGA
1096
1097		Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For
1098		example,
1099		#define CONFIG_FPGA  CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
1100
1101		CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1102
1103		Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA
1104		configuration.
1105
1106		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1107
1108		Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1109		status by the configuration function. This option
1110		will require a board or device specific function to
1111		be written.
1112
1113		CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1114
1115		If defined, a function that provides delays in the
1116		FPGA configuration driver.
1117
1118		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1119
1120		Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1121
1122		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1123
1124		Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1125		loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1126		configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1127		indicated a CRC error).
1128
1129		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1130
1131		Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1132		after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1133		FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 mS.
1134
1135		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1136
1137		Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1138		Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
1139
1140		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1141
1142		Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1143		200 mS.
1144
1145- FPGA Support:	CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1146
1147		Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1148
1149		CONFIG_FPGA
1150
1151		Used to specify the types of FPGA devices.  For example,
1152		#define CONFIG_FPGA  CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
1153
1154		CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1155
1156		Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1157
1158		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1159
1160		Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1161		status by the configuration function. This option
1162		will require a board or device specific function to
1163		be written.
1164
1165		CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1166
1167		If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1168		configuration driver.
1169
1170		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1171		Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1172
1173		CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1174
1175		Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1176		loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1177		configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1178		indicated a CRC error).
1179
1180		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1181
1182		Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1183		after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1184		FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1185		mS.
1186
1187		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1188
1189		Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1190		Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
1191
1192		CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1193
1194		Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1195		200 mS.
1196
1197- Configuration Management:
1198		CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1199
1200		If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1201		version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1202
1203- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1204
1205		U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1206		variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1207		"ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1208		are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1209		protects these variables from casual modification by
1210		the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1211		and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1212		change this behviour:
1213
1214		If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1215		file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1216		completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1217		these parameters.
1218
1219		Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1220		_and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1221		ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1222		which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1223		serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1224		read-only.]
1225
1226- Protected RAM:
1227		CONFIG_PRAM
1228
1229		Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1230		"protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1231		by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1232		kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1233		this default value by defining an environment
1234		variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1235		reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1236		still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1237		reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1238		automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1239		remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1240		argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1241
1242			setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1243			saveenv
1244
1245		This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1246		either, which results in a memory region that will
1247		not be affected by reboots.
1248
1249		*WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1250		detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1251		this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1252		following board configurations are known to be
1253		"pRAM-clean":
1254
1255			ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1256			HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1257			PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1258
1259- Error Recovery:
1260		CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1261
1262		Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1263		fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1264		This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1265		system where you want to system to reboot
1266		automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1267		useful during development since you can try to debug
1268		the conditions that lead to the situation.
1269
1270		CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1271
1272		This variable defines the number of retries for
1273		network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1274		before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1275		default value of 5 is used.
1276
1277- Command Interpreter:
1278		CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1279
1280		Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1281		Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1282		powerful command line syntax like
1283		if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1284		constructs ("shell scripts").
1285
1286		If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1287		with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1288
1289
1290		CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1291
1292		This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1293		printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1294		to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1295
1296	Note:
1297
1298		In the current implementation, the local variables
1299		space and global environment variables space are
1300		separated. Local variables are those you define by
1301		simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1302		variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1303		`${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1304		directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1305
1306		Global environment variables are those you use
1307		setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1308		in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1309		and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1310
1311		To store commands and special characters in a
1312		variable, please use double quotation marks
1313		surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1314		of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1315		symbols.
1316
1317- Default Environment
1318		CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1319
1320		Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1321		strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1322		the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1323
1324		For example, place something like this in your
1325		board's config file:
1326
1327		#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1328			"myvar1=value1\0" \
1329			"myvar2=value2\0"
1330
1331		Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1332		internal format how the environment is stored by the
1333		U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1334		interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1335		will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1336		You better know what you are doing here.
1337
1338		Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1339		discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1340		the environment like the autoscript function or the
1341		boot command first.
1342
1343- DataFlash Support
1344		CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1345
1346		Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1347		allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1348		commands cp, md...
1349
1350- Show boot progress
1351		CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1352
1353		Defining this option allows to add some board-
1354		specific code (calling a user-provided function
1355		"show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1356		the system's boot progress on some display (for
1357		example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1358		the following checkpoints are implemented:
1359
1360  Arg	Where			When
1361    1	common/cmd_bootm.c	before attempting to boot an image
1362   -1	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has bad     magic number
1363    2	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has correct magic number
1364   -2	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has bad     checksum
1365    3	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has correct checksum
1366   -3	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image data   has bad     checksum
1367    4	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image data   has correct checksum
1368   -4	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image is for unsupported architecture
1369    5	common/cmd_bootm.c	Architecture check OK
1370   -5	common/cmd_bootm.c	Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1371    6	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image Type check OK
1372   -6	common/cmd_bootm.c	gunzip uncompression error
1373   -7	common/cmd_bootm.c	Unimplemented compression type
1374    7	common/cmd_bootm.c	Uncompression OK
1375   -8	common/cmd_bootm.c	Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1376    8	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image Type check OK
1377   -9	common/cmd_bootm.c	Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1378    9	common/cmd_bootm.c	Start initial ramdisk verification
1379  -10	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk header has bad     magic number
1380  -11	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk header has bad     checksum
1381   10	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk header is OK
1382  -12	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk data   has bad     checksum
1383   11	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk data   has correct checksum
1384   12	common/cmd_bootm.c	Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1385  -13	common/cmd_bootm.c	Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1386   13	common/cmd_bootm.c	Start multifile image verification
1387   14	common/cmd_bootm.c	No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1388   15	common/cmd_bootm.c	All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1389
1390   -1	common/cmd_doc.c	Bad usage of "doc" command
1391   -1	common/cmd_doc.c	No boot device
1392   -1	common/cmd_doc.c	Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1393   -1	common/cmd_doc.c	Read Error on boot device
1394   -1	common/cmd_doc.c	Image header has bad magic number
1395
1396   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Bad usage of "ide" command
1397   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	No boot device
1398   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Unknown boot device
1399   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Unknown partition table
1400   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Invalid partition type
1401   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Read Error on boot device
1402   -1	common/cmd_ide.c	Image header has bad magic number
1403
1404   -1	common/cmd_nvedit.c	Environment not changable, but has bad CRC
1405
1406
1407Modem Support:
1408--------------
1409
1410[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
1411
1412- Modem support endable:
1413		CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1414
1415- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1416		CONFIG_HWFLOW
1417
1418- Modem debug support:
1419		CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1420
1421		Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1422		for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
1423
1424- General:
1425
1426		In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1427		specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1428		power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1429		(autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1430		board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1431		function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1432		initialization.
1433
1434		If there are no modem init strings in the
1435		environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1436		previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1437		supressed, though.
1438
1439		See also: doc/README.Modem
1440
1441
1442Configuration Settings:
1443-----------------------
1444
1445- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1446		undefine this when you're short of memory.
1447
1448- CFG_PROMPT:	This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1449		prompt for user input.
1450
1451- CFG_CBSIZE:	Buffer size for input from the Console
1452
1453- CFG_PBSIZE:	Buffer size for Console output
1454
1455- CFG_MAXARGS:	max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1456
1457- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1458		the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1459		booted
1460
1461- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1462		List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1463
1464- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
1465		Suppress display of console information at boot.
1466
1467- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1468		If the board specific function
1469			extern int overwrite_console (void);
1470		returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
1471		serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1472
1473- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
1474		Enable the call to overwrite_console().
1475
1476- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1477		Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1478
1479- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1480		Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1481		simple memory test.
1482
1483- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
1484		Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
1485
1486- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1487		Default load address for network file downloads
1488
1489- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1490		Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1491
1492- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1493		Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1494
1495- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1496		Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1497		Cogent motherboard)
1498
1499- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1500		Physical start address of Flash memory.
1501
1502- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1503		Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1504		make config files to be same as the text base address
1505		(TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1506		CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1507
1508- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
1509		Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1510		determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1511		embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1512		flash sector.
1513
1514- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1515		Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1516
1517- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1518		Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1519		the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1520		the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1521		initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1522
1523- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1524		Max number of Flash memory banks
1525
1526- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1527		Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1528
1529- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1530		Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1531
1532- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1533		Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1534
1535- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1536		Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1537
1538- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1539		Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1540
1541- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1542		If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1543		instead of U-Boot software protection.
1544
1545- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1546
1547		Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1548		without this option such a download has to be
1549		performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1550		copy from RAM to flash.
1551
1552		The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1553		you can check if the download worked before you erase
1554		the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1555		too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1556		downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1557
1558- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
1559		Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
1560		common flash structure for storing flash geometry
1561
1562- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1563		Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1564		ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1565		to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1566		buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1567		on high ethernet traffic.
1568		Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1569
1570The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1571of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1572following configurations:
1573
1574- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1575
1576	Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1577
1578	a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1579	   "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1580	   happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1581	   sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1582	   sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1583	   layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1584	   such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1585	   4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1586	   "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1587	   environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1588	   between U-Boot and the environment.
1589
1590	- CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1591
1592	   Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1593	   beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1594	   type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1595	   for this sector is given here.
1596
1597	   CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1598
1599	- CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1600
1601	   This is just another way to specify the start address of
1602	   the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1603	   CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1604
1605	- CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1606
1607	   Size of the sector containing the environment.
1608
1609
1610	b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1611	   In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1612	   the environment.
1613
1614	- CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1615
1616	   If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1617	   and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1618	   of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1619	   memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1620
1621	   It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1622	   when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1623	   since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1624	   for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1625	   STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1626	   updating the environment in flash makes it always
1627	   necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1628	   wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1629	   RAM, your target system will be dead.
1630
1631	- CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1632	  CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1633
1634	   These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1635	   a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
1636	   a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
1637	   a "saveenv" operation.
1638
1639BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1640source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1641accordingly!
1642
1643
1644- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1645
1646	Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1647	(NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1648	environment.
1649
1650	- CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1651	- CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1652
1653	  These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1654	  want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1655	  can just be read and written to, without any special
1656	  provision.
1657
1658BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1659in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1660console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1661U-Boot will hang.
1662
1663Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1664environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1665keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1666to save the current settings.
1667
1668
1669- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1670
1671	Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1672	device and a driver for it.
1673
1674	- CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1675	- CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1676
1677	  These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1678	  environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1679
1680	- CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1681	  If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1682	  The default address is zero.
1683
1684	- CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1685	  If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1686	  single page in the EEPROM device.  A 64 byte page, for example
1687	  would require six bits.
1688
1689	- CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1690	  If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
1691	  page writes.  The default is zero milliseconds.
1692
1693	- CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1694	  The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address.  Note
1695	  that this is NOT the chip address length!
1696
1697	- CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1698	  The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1699
1700
1701- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1702
1703	Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1704	area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1705	is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1706	scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1707	calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1708	to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1709	start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1710
1711Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1712has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1713created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1714until then to read environment variables.
1715
1716The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1717is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1718with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1719necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1720"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1721have any device yet where we could complain.]
1722
1723Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1724the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
1725use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
1726
1727
1728Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
1729---------------------------------------------------
1730
1731- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1732		Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1733
1734- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
1735		Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
1736
1737                Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
1738                and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
1739                the IMMR register after a reset.
1740
1741- Floppy Disk Support:
1742		CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1743
1744		the default drive number (default value 0)
1745
1746		CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
1747
1748		defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1749		(default value 1)
1750
1751		CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
1752
1753		defines the offset of register from address. It
1754		depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1755		the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
1756
1757		If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
1758		CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
1759		default value.
1760
1761		if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
1762		fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
1763		setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
1764		source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
1765		initializations.
1766
1767- CFG_IMMR:	Physical address of the Internal Memory Mapped
1768		Register; DO NOT CHANGE! (11-4)
1769		[MPC8xx systems only]
1770
1771- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
1772
1773		Start address of memory area that can be used for
1774		initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1775		writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1776		initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1777		will become available only after programming the
1778		memory controller and running certain initialization
1779		sequences.
1780
1781		U-Boot uses the following memory types:
1782		- MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
1783		- MPC824X: data cache
1784		- PPC4xx:  data cache
1785
1786- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
1787
1788		Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
1789		area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
1790		CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
1791		data is located at the end of the available space
1792		(sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
1793		CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
1794		below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
1795		CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
1796
1797	Note:
1798		On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
1799		cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
1800		CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
1801		point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
1802		the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
1803
1804- CFG_SIUMCR:	SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
1805
1806- CFG_SYPCR:	System Protection Control (11-9)
1807
1808- CFG_TBSCR:	Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
1809
1810- CFG_PISCR:	Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
1811
1812- CFG_PLPRCR:	PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
1813
1814- CFG_SCCR:	System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
1815
1816- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
1817		SDRAM timing
1818
1819- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
1820		periodic timer for refresh
1821
1822- CFG_DER:	Debug Event Register (37-47)
1823
1824- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
1825  CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
1826  CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
1827  CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
1828		Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
1829
1830- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
1831  CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
1832  CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
1833		Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
1834
1835- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
1836  CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
1837		Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
1838		Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
1839
1840- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1841		enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1842		define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
1843
1844- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1845		enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1846		define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
1847
1848- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
1849		Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
1850		wrong setting might damage your board. Read
1851		doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
1852
1853- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
1854		Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
1855		(Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
1856		#define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
1857		cpm_8260.h.
1858
1859- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1860  CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
1861  CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
1862  CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1863  CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
1864  CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
1865  CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
1866  CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
1867		Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
1868
1869Building the Software:
1870======================
1871
1872Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
1873PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
1874(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
1875NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
1876
1877If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
1878have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
1879with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
1880you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
1881the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
1882change it to:
1883
1884	CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
1885
1886
1887U-Boot is intended to be  simple  to  build.  After  installing  the
1888sources	 you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
1889is done by typing:
1890
1891	make NAME_config
1892
1893where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
1894configurations; the following names are supported:
1895
1896    ADCIOP_config	  GTH_config		TQM850L_config
1897    ADS860_config	  IP860_config		TQM855L_config
1898    AR405_config	  IVML24_config		TQM860L_config
1899    CANBT_config	  IVMS8_config		WALNUT405_config
1900    CPCI405_config	  LANTEC_config		cogent_common_config
1901    CPCIISER4_config	  MBX_config		cogent_mpc8260_config
1902    CU824_config	  MBX860T_config	cogent_mpc8xx_config
1903    ESTEEM192E_config	  RPXlite_config	hermes_config
1904    ETX094_config	  RPXsuper_config	hymod_config
1905    FADS823_config	  SM850_config		lwmon_config
1906    FADS850SAR_config	  SPD823TS_config	pcu_e_config
1907    FADS860T_config	  SXNI855T_config	rsdproto_config
1908    FPS850L_config	  Sandpoint8240_config	sbc8260_config
1909    GENIETV_config	  TQM823L_config	PIP405_config
1910    GEN860T_config	  EBONY_config		FPS860L_config
1911    ELPT860_config	  cmi_mpc5xx_config	NETVIA_config
1912    at91rm9200dk_config	  omap1510inn_config	MPC8260ADS_config
1913    omap1610inn_config
1914Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check  if
1915      additional  information is available from the board vendor; for
1916      instance, the TQM8xxL systems run normally at 50 MHz and use  a
1917      SCC  for	10baseT	 ethernet; there are also systems with 80 MHz
1918      CPU clock, and an optional Fast Ethernet	module	is  available
1919      for  CPU's  with FEC. You can select such additional "features"
1920      when chosing the configuration, i. e.
1921
1922      make TQM860L_config
1923	- will configure for a plain TQM860L, i. e. 50MHz, no FEC
1924
1925      make TQM860L_FEC_config
1926	- will configure for a TQM860L at 50MHz with FEC for ethernet
1927
1928      make TQM860L_80MHz_config
1929	- will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz, with normal 10baseT
1930	  interface
1931
1932      make TQM860L_FEC_80MHz_config
1933	- will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz with FEC for ethernet
1934
1935      make TQM823L_LCD_config
1936	- will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
1937
1938      make TQM823L_LCD_80MHz_config
1939	- will configure for a TQM823L at 80 MHz with U-Boot console on LCD
1940
1941      etc.
1942
1943
1944Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
1945images ready for download to / installation on your system:
1946
1947- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
1948- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
1949- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
1950
1951
1952Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
1953for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
1954native "make".
1955
1956
1957If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
1958to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
1959steps:
1960
19611.  Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
1962    "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
1963    entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
1964    boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
1965    keep this order.
19662.  Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
1967    files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
1968    the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
19693.  Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
1970    your board
19713.  If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
1972    directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
19734.  Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
19745.  Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
1975    to be installed on your target system.
19766.  Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
1977    [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
1978
1979
1980Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
1981==============================================================
1982
1983If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new	board
1984or  support  for  new  devices,	 a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
1985provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
1986the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
1987official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
1988
1989But before you submit such a patch, please verify that	your  modifi-
1990cation	did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
1991the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
1992just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
1993for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You  can
1994select	which  (cross)	compiler  to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
1995environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
1996MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
1997
1998	CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
1999
2000or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2001
2002	CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2003
2004See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2005
2006
2007Monitor Commands - Overview:
2008============================
2009
2010go	- start application at address 'addr'
2011run	- run commands in an environment variable
2012bootm	- boot application image from memory
2013bootp	- boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2014tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2015	       and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2016	       (and eventually "gatewayip")
2017rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2018diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd   - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2019loads	- load S-Record file over serial line
2020loadb	- load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2021md	- memory display
2022mm	- memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2023nm	- memory modify (constant address)
2024mw	- memory write (fill)
2025cp	- memory copy
2026cmp	- memory compare
2027crc32	- checksum calculation
2028imd     - i2c memory display
2029imm     - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2030inm     - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2031imw     - i2c memory write (fill)
2032icrc32  - i2c checksum calculation
2033iprobe  - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2034iloop   - infinite loop on address range
2035isdram  - print SDRAM configuration information
2036sspi    - SPI utility commands
2037base	- print or set address offset
2038printenv- print environment variables
2039setenv	- set environment variables
2040saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2041protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2042erase	- erase FLASH memory
2043flinfo	- print FLASH memory information
2044bdinfo	- print Board Info structure
2045iminfo	- print header information for application image
2046coninfo - print console devices and informations
2047ide	- IDE sub-system
2048loop	- infinite loop on address range
2049mtest	- simple RAM test
2050icache	- enable or disable instruction cache
2051dcache	- enable or disable data cache
2052reset	- Perform RESET of the CPU
2053echo	- echo args to console
2054version - print monitor version
2055help	- print online help
2056?	- alias for 'help'
2057
2058
2059Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2060========================================
2061
2062TODO.
2063
2064For now: just type "help <command>".
2065
2066
2067Environment Variables:
2068======================
2069
2070U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2071can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
2072
2073Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2074"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2075without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2076environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2077working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2078environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
2079
2080Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
2081
2082  baudrate	- see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
2083
2084  bootdelay	- see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
2085
2086  bootcmd	- see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
2087
2088  bootargs	- Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
2089
2090  bootfile	- Name of the image to load with TFTP
2091
2092  autoload	- if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2093		  "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2094		  configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2095		  load any image using TFTP
2096
2097  autostart	- if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2098		  "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2099		  be automatically started (by internally calling
2100		  "bootm")
2101
2102		  If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2103		  "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2104		  (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2105		  This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2106		  data.
2107
2108  initrd_high	- restrict positioning of initrd images:
2109		  If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2110		  copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2111		  is usually what you want since it allows for
2112		  maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2113		  make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2114		  CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2115		  variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2116		  Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2117		  address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2118		  does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
2119
2120		  For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2121		  RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2122		  you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2123		  the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2124		  sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2125		  12 MB as well - this can be done with
2126
2127		  setenv initrd_high 00c00000
2128
2129		  If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2130		  indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2131		  for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2132		  memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2133		  ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2134		  boot time on your system, but requires that this
2135		  feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
2136
2137  ipaddr	- IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2138
2139  loadaddr	- Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2140		  "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
2141
2142  loads_echo	- see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
2143
2144  serverip	- TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2145
2146  bootretry	- see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
2147
2148  bootdelaykey	- see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
2149
2150  bootstopkey	- see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
2151
2152
2153The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2154updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2155depending the information provided by your boot server:
2156
2157  bootfile	- see above
2158  dnsip		- IP address of your Domain Name Server
2159  dnsip2	- IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2160  gatewayip	- IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2161  hostname	- Target hostname
2162  ipaddr	- see above
2163  netmask	- Subnet Mask
2164  rootpath	- Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2165  serverip	- see above
2166
2167
2168There are two special Environment Variables:
2169
2170  serial#	- contains hardware identification information such
2171		  as type string and/or serial number
2172  ethaddr	- Ethernet address
2173
2174These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2175the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2176once they have been set once.
2177
2178
2179Further special Environment Variables:
2180
2181  ver		- Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2182		  with the "version" command. This variable is
2183		  readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
2184
2185
2186Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2187only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
2188
2189
2190Command Line Parsing:
2191=====================
2192
2193There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2194the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
2195
2196Old, simple command line parser:
2197--------------------------------
2198
2199- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2200- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
2201- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax
2202- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2203  for example:
2204	setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address)
2205- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2206	setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
2207
2208Hush shell:
2209-----------
2210
2211- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2212  if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2213  until...do...done, ...
2214- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2215  commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2216  "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2217  command
2218
2219General rules:
2220--------------
2221
2222(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2223    command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2224    one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2225    executed anyway.
2226
2227(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2228    calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2229    command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2230    variables are not executed.
2231
2232Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2233=======================================
2234
2235Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2236such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2237"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
2238
2239Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2240MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2241"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
2242
2243If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2244in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2245ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2246variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
2247
2248o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2249  environment, the SROM's address is used.
2250
2251o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2252  environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2253  used.
2254
2255o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2256  both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
2257
2258o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2259  addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2260  warning is printed.
2261
2262o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2263  is raised.
2264
2265
2266Image Formats:
2267==============
2268
2269The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2270can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2271definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2272defines the following image properties:
2273
2274* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2275  4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2276  LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2277  Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
2278* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
2279  IA64, MIPS, MIPS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2280  Currently supported: PowerPC).
2281* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2282* Load Address
2283* Entry Point
2284* Image Name
2285* Image Timestamp
2286
2287The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2288and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2289CRC32 checksums.
2290
2291
2292Linux Support:
2293==============
2294
2295Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2296easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2297U-Boot.
2298
2299U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2300special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2301"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2302instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2303serves several purposes:
2304
2305- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2306  applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2307  Flash memory footprint)
2308
2309- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2310  lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
2311
2312- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2313  images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2314  be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2315  have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2316  change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2317  software is easier now.
2318
2319
2320Linux HOWTO:
2321============
2322
2323Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2324---------------------------------------
2325
2326U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2327configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2328(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2329Linux :-).
2330
2331But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
2332
2333Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2334include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2335Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2336sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2337U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
2338
2339
2340Configuring the Linux kernel:
2341-----------------------------
2342
2343No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2344device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
2345
2346
2347Building a Linux Image:
2348-----------------------
2349
2350With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2351not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2352"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2353U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2354which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2355100% compatible format.
2356
2357Example:
2358
2359	make TQM850L_config
2360	make oldconfig
2361	make dep
2362	make uImage
2363
2364The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2365encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header  information,
2366CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
2367
2368* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
2369
2370* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
2371
2372	${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2373				 -R .note -R .comment \
2374				 -S vmlinux linux.bin
2375
2376* compress the binary image:
2377
2378	gzip -9 linux.bin
2379
2380* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
2381
2382	mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2383		-a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2384		-d linux.bin.gz uImage
2385
2386
2387The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2388with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2389combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2390byte header containing information about target architecture,
2391operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2392stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
2393
2394"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2395print the header information, or to build new images.
2396
2397In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2398contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2399checksum verification:
2400
2401	tools/mkimage -l image
2402	  -l ==> list image header information
2403
2404The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2405from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
2406
2407	tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2408		      -n name -d data_file image
2409	  -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2410	  -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2411	  -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2412	  -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2413	  -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2414	  -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2415	  -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2416	  -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
2417
2418Right now, all Linux kernels use the same load address	(0x00000000),
2419but the entry point address depends on the kernel version:
2420
2421- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2422- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
2423
2424So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
2425
2426	-> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2427	> -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2428	> -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2429	> examples/uImage.TQM850L
2430	Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2431	Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2432	Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2433	Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2434	Load Address: 0x00000000
2435	Entry Point:  0x00000000
2436
2437To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
2438
2439	-> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2440	Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2441	Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2442	Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2443	Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2444	Load Address: 0x00000000
2445	Entry Point:  0x00000000
2446
2447NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2448speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2449needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2450need to be uncompressed:
2451
2452	-> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2453	-> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2454	> -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2455	> -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2456	> examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2457	Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2458	Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2459	Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2460	Data Size:    792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2461	Load Address: 0x00000000
2462	Entry Point:  0x00000000
2463
2464
2465Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2466when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
2467
2468	-> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2469	> -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2470	> -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2471	Image Name:   Simple Ramdisk Image
2472	Created:      Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2473	Image Type:   PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2474	Data Size:    566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2475	Load Address: 0x00000000
2476	Entry Point:  0x00000000
2477
2478
2479Installing a Linux Image:
2480-------------------------
2481
2482To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2483you must convert the image to S-Record format:
2484
2485	objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
2486
2487The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2488image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2489address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2490specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2491command.
2492
2493Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2494TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
2495
2496	=> erase 40100000 401FFFFF
2497
2498	.......... done
2499	Erased 8 sectors
2500
2501	=> loads 40100000
2502	## Ready for S-Record download ...
2503	~>examples/image.srec
2504	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2505	...
2506	15989 15990 15991 15992
2507	[file transfer complete]
2508	[connected]
2509	## Start Addr = 0x00000000
2510
2511
2512You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2513this includes a checksum verification so you  can  be  sure  no	 data
2514corruption happened:
2515
2516	=> imi 40100000
2517
2518	## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2519	   Image Name:	 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2520	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2521	   Data Size:	 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2522	   Load Address: 00000000
2523	   Entry Point:	 0000000c
2524	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2525
2526
2527Boot Linux:
2528-----------
2529
2530The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2531memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2532of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2533parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2534"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
2535
2536
2537	=> printenv bootargs
2538	bootargs=root=/dev/ram
2539
2540	=> setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2541
2542	=> printenv bootargs
2543	bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2544
2545	=> bootm 40020000
2546	## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2547	   Image Name:	 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2548	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2549	   Data Size:	 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2550	   Load Address: 00000000
2551	   Entry Point:	 0000000c
2552	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2553	   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2554	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
2555	Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2556	time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2557	Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2558	Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2559	...
2560
2561If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
2562the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2563format!) to the "bootm" command:
2564
2565	=> imi 40100000 40200000
2566
2567	## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2568	   Image Name:	 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2569	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2570	   Data Size:	 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2571	   Load Address: 00000000
2572	   Entry Point:	 0000000c
2573	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2574
2575	## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2576	   Image Name:	 Simple Ramdisk Image
2577	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2578	   Data Size:	 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2579	   Load Address: 00000000
2580	   Entry Point:	 00000000
2581	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2582
2583	=> bootm 40100000 40200000
2584	## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2585	   Image Name:	 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2586	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2587	   Data Size:	 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2588	   Load Address: 00000000
2589	   Entry Point:	 0000000c
2590	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2591	   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2592	## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2593	   Image Name:	 Simple Ramdisk Image
2594	   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2595	   Data Size:	 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2596	   Load Address: 00000000
2597	   Entry Point:	 00000000
2598	   Verifying Checksum ... OK
2599	   Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2600	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
2601	Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2602	time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2603	Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2604	...
2605	RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2606	VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
2607
2608	bash#
2609
2610More About U-Boot Image Types:
2611------------------------------
2612
2613U-Boot supports the following image types:
2614
2615   "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2616	provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2617	well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2618	the Standalone Program.
2619   "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2620	will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2621	will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2622	drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2623	expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2624   "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2625	parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2626	being started.
2627   "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2628	(Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2629	RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2630	to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2631	server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2632	for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
2633
2634	"Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2635	image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2636	byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2637	Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2638	one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2639	a multiple of 4 bytes).
2640
2641   "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2642	U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2643	flash memory.
2644
2645   "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2646	U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2647	useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2648	as command interpreter.
2649
2650
2651Standalone HOWTO:
2652=================
2653
2654One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2655run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2656U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
2657
2658Two simple examples are included with the sources:
2659
2660"Hello World" Demo:
2661-------------------
2662
2663'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2664application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2665It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2666like that:
2667
2668	=> loads
2669	## Ready for S-Record download ...
2670	~>examples/hello_world.srec
2671	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2672	[file transfer complete]
2673	[connected]
2674	## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2675
2676	=> go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2677	## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2678	Hello World
2679	argc = 7
2680	argv[0] = "40004"
2681	argv[1] = "Hello"
2682	argv[2] = "World!"
2683	argv[3] = "This"
2684	argv[4] = "is"
2685	argv[5] = "a"
2686	argv[6] = "test."
2687	argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2688	Hit any key to exit ...
2689
2690	## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2691
2692Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2693handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2694Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2695The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2696character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2697controlled by the following keys:
2698
2699	? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2700	b - enable interrupts and start timer
2701	e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2702	q - quit application
2703
2704	=> loads
2705	## Ready for S-Record download ...
2706	~>examples/timer.srec
2707	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2708	[file transfer complete]
2709	[connected]
2710	## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2711
2712	=> go 40004
2713	## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2714	TIMERS=0xfff00980
2715	Using timer 1
2716	  tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
2717
2718Hit 'b':
2719	[q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2720	Enabling timer
2721Hit '?':
2722	[q, b, e, ?] ........
2723	tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2724Hit '?':
2725	[q, b, e, ?] .
2726	tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2727Hit '?':
2728	[q, b, e, ?] .
2729	tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2730Hit '?':
2731	[q, b, e, ?] .
2732	tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2733Hit 'e':
2734	[q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2735Hit 'q':
2736	[q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2737
2738
2739Minicom warning:
2740================
2741
2742Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
2743"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2744consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
2745Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
2746especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
2747use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
2748
2749Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
2750configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
2751
2752	   Name    Program                      Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
2753	X  kermit  /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s   Y    U    Y       N      N
2754	Y  kermit  /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r   N    D    Y       N      N
2755
2756
2757NetBSD Notes:
2758=============
2759
2760Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
2761(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
2762
2763Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
2764NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
2765need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
2766Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
2767attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
2768missing.  This file has to be installed and patched manually:
2769
2770	# cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
2771	# mkdir powerpc
2772	# ln -s powerpc machine
2773	# cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
2774	# ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h	## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
2775
2776Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
2777and U-Boot include files.
2778
2779Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
2780stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
2781proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
2782tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2783meantime, send mail to bruno@exet-ag.de and/or wd@denx.de for
2784details.
2785
2786
2787Implementation Internals:
2788=========================
2789
2790The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
2791implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
2792inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
2793hardware.
2794
2795
2796Initial Stack, Global Data:
2797---------------------------
2798
2799The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
2800starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
2801system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
2802This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
2803is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
2804at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
2805options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
2806models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
2807MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
2808locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
2809
2810	Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of  these  issues  to  the
2811	u-boot-users mailing list:
2812
2813	Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
2814	From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
2815	Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
2816	...
2817
2818	Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
2819	is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
2820	require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
2821	is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
2822	necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
2823	beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
2824	can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
2825	operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
2826
2827	OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
2828	is another option for the system designer to use as an
2829	initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
2830	option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
2831	board designers haven't used it for something that would
2832	cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
2833	used.
2834
2835	CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
2836	with your processor/board/system design. The default value
2837	you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
2838	Walnut405.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
2839	than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
2840	it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
2841	that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
2842	start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
2843	you get the config right.
2844
2845	-Chris Hallinan
2846	DS4.COM, Inc.
2847
2848It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
2849code for the initialization procedures:
2850
2851* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
2852  to write it.
2853
2854* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
2855  as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
2856  zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
2857
2858* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
2859  that.
2860
2861Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
2862normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
2863turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
2864simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
2865functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
2866functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
2867the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
2868place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
2869reserve for this purpose.
2870
2871When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
2872relevant  (E)ABI  specifications for the current architecture, and by
2873GCC's implementation.
2874
2875For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
2876	R1:	stack pointer
2877	R2:	TOC pointer
2878	R3-R4:	parameter passing and return values
2879	R5-R10:	parameter passing
2880	R13:	small data area pointer
2881	R30:	GOT pointer
2882	R31:	frame pointer
2883
2884	(U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
2885
2886    ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
2887
2888    Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
2889    address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
2890    but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
2891    smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
2892    average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
2893    624 text + 127 data).
2894
2895On ARM, the following registers are used:
2896
2897	R0:	function argument word/integer result
2898	R1-R3:	function argument word
2899	R9:	GOT pointer
2900	R10:	stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
2901	R11:	argument (frame) pointer
2902	R12:	temporary workspace
2903	R13:	stack pointer
2904	R14:	link register
2905	R15:	program counter
2906
2907    ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
2908
2909
2910Memory Management:
2911------------------
2912
2913U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
2914MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
2915
2916The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
2917controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
2918memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
2919physical memory banks.
2920
2921U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
2922TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
2923booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
2924to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
2925memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
2926configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
2927Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
2928
2929Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
2930of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
2931
2932So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
2933this:
2934
2935	0x0000 0000	Exception Vector code
2936	      :
2937	0x0000 1FFF
2938	0x0000 2000	Free for Application Use
2939	      :
2940	      :
2941
2942	      :
2943	      :
2944	0x00FB FF20	Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
2945	0x00FB FFAC	Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
2946	0x00FC 0000	Malloc Arena
2947	      :
2948	0x00FD FFFF
2949	0x00FE 0000	RAM Copy of Monitor Code
2950	...		eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
2951	...		eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
2952	0x00FF FFFF	[End of RAM]
2953
2954
2955System Initialization:
2956----------------------
2957
2958In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
2959(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
2960configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
2961To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
2962To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
2963initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
2964which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
2965part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
2966the caches and the SIU.
2967
2968Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
2969preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
2970(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
2971on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
2972programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
2973simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
2974banks.
2975
2976When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
2977different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
2978bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
29790x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
2980contiguous memory starting from 0.
2981
2982Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
2983and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
2984Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
2985pages, and the final stack is set up.
2986
2987Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
2988until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
2989running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
2990new address in RAM.
2991
2992
2993U-Boot Porting Guide:
2994----------------------
2995
2996[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
2997list, October 2002]
2998
2999
3000int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3001{
3002	sighandler_t no_more_time;
3003
3004	signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3005	alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
3006
3007	if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3008		pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3009		return 0;
3010	}
3011
3012	Download latest U-Boot source;
3013
3014	Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3015
3016	if (clueless) {
3017		email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3018	}
3019
3020	while (learning) {
3021		Read the README file in the top level directory;
3022		Read http://www.denx.de/re/DPLG.html
3023		Read the source, Luke;
3024	}
3025
3026	if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3027		Buy a BDI2000;
3028	} else {
3029		Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3030	}
3031
3032	Create your own board support subdirectory;
3033
3034	Create your own board config file;
3035
3036	while (!running) {
3037		do {
3038			Add / modify source code;
3039		} until (compiles);
3040		Debug;
3041		if (clueless)
3042			email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3043	}
3044	Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3045
3046	return 0;
3047}
3048
3049void no_more_time (int sig)
3050{
3051      hire_a_guru();
3052}
3053
3054
3055Coding Standards:
3056-----------------
3057
3058All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3059coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
3060kernel source directory.
3061
3062Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
3063in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
3064comments (//) in your code.
3065
3066Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3067with a request to reformat the changes.
3068
3069
3070Submitting Patches:
3071-------------------
3072
3073Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3074establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3075may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
3076
3077
3078When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3079it:
3080
3081* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3082  this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3083  patch actually fixes something.
3084
3085* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3086  implementation.
3087
3088* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
3089
3090* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
3091
3092* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3093  board to the MAKEALL script, too.
3094
3095* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3096  document these in the README file.
3097
3098* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3099  update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3100  version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3101  version of GNU diff.
3102
3103  The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3104  level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3105  (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3106  directory information for the affected files).
3107
3108  We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3109  gzipped text.
3110
3111* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3112  files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
3113
3114* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3115  submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
3116
3117
3118Notes:
3119
3120* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3121  source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3122  for any of the boards.
3123
3124* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3125  containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3126  returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
3127
3128* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3129  add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3130  When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3131  (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3132  disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3133  modification.
3134