1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs 136 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 137 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 138 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 139 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs 140 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 141 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 142 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 143 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 144 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 145 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 146 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 147 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 148 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 149 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 150 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs 151 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 152 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 153 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 154- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 155- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 156- drivers Commonly used device drivers 157- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 158- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 159- include Header Files 160- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 161- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture 162- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 163- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 164- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 165- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 166- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 167- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 168- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees 169- net Networking code 170- post Power On Self Test 171- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 172- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 173 174Software Configuration: 175======================= 176 177Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 178rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 179 180There are two classes of configuration variables: 181 182* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 183 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 184 "CONFIG_". 185 186* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 187 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 188 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 189 "CFG_". 190 191Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 192identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 193do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 194links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 195as an example here. 196 197 198Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 199--------------------------------------------------- 200 201For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 202configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 203 204Example: For a TQM823L module type: 205 206 cd u-boot 207 make TQM823L_config 208 209For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 210e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 211directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 212 213 214Configuration Options: 215---------------------- 216 217Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 218such information is kept in a configuration file 219"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 220 221Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 222"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 223 224 225Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 226kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 227build a config tool - later. 228 229 230The following options need to be configured: 231 232- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 233 234 PowerPC based CPUs: 235 ------------------- 236 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 237 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 238 or CONFIG_MPC8220 239 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 240 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 241 or CONFIG_IOP480 242 or CONFIG_405GP 243 or CONFIG_405EP 244 or CONFIG_440 245 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 246 or CONFIG_750FX 247 248 ARM based CPUs: 249 --------------- 250 CONFIG_SA1110 251 CONFIG_ARM7 252 CONFIG_PXA250 253 CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS 254 255 ColdFire based CPUs: 256 -------------------- 257 CONFIG_M5329 258 259 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 260 ---------------------- 261 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 262 263 Nios-2 based CPUs: 264 ---------------------- 265 CONFIG_NIOS2 266 267 AVR32 based CPUs: 268 ---------------------- 269 CONFIG_AT32AP 270 271- Board Type: Define exactly one of 272 273 PowerPC based boards: 274 --------------------- 275 276 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC 277 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405 278 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2 279 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6 280 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e 281 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405 282 CONFIG_BC3450 CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826 283 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260 284 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823 285 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850 286 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T 287 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823 288 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic 289 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite 290 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper 291 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto 292 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng 293 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 294 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 295 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LITE5200B CONFIG_sbc8260 296 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560 297 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850 298 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS 299 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3 300 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T 301 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L 302 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 303 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L 304 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L 305 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L 306 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech 307 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245 308 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37 309 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC 310 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG 311 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT 312 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900 313 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA 314 315 ARM based boards: 316 ----------------- 317 318 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, 319 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DELTA, CONFIG_DNP1110, 320 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, 321 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, 322 CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400, 323 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, 324 CONFIG_PLEB2, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, 325 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB, 326 CONFIG_VCMA9 327 328 MicroBlaze based boards: 329 ------------------------ 330 331 CONFIG_SUZAKU 332 333 Nios-2 based boards: 334 ------------------------ 335 336 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 337 CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40 338 339 AVR32 based boards: 340 ------------------- 341 342 CONFIG_ATSTK1000 343 344- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined) 345 Define exactly one of 346 CONFIG_ATSTK1002 347 348 349- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 350 Define exactly one of 351 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 352--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 353 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 354 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 355 356- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 357 Define exactly one of 358 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 359 360- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 361 Define one or more of 362 CONFIG_CMA302 363 364- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 365 Define one or more of 366 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 367 the lcd display every second with 368 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 369 370- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 371 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 372 Possible values are: 373 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 374 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 375 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 376 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 377 378- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 379 Define exactly one of 380 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 381 382- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 383 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 384 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 385 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 386 reference PIT/RTC clock 387 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 388 or XTAL/EXTAL) 389 390- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 391 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 392 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 393 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 394 See doc/README.MPC866 395 396 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 397 398 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 399 of relying on the correctness of the configured 400 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 401 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 402 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 403 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 404 405- Intel Monahans options: 406 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO 407 408 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator 409 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core 410 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz. 411 412 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO 413 414 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator 415 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and 416 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied 417 by this value. 418 419- Linux Kernel Interface: 420 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 421 422 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 423 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 424 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 425 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 426 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 427 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 428 Linux kernel. 429 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 430 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 431 default environment. 432 433 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 434 435 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 436 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 437 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 438 439 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT / CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE 440 441 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be 442 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware 443 concepts). 444 445 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT 446 * New libfdt-based support 447 * Adds the "fdt" command 448 * The bootm command does _not_ modify the fdt 449 450 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE 451 * Deprecated, see CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT 452 * Original ft_build.c-based support 453 * Automatically modifies the dft as part of the bootm command 454 * The environment variable "disable_of", when set, 455 disables this functionality. 456 457 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE_MAX_SIZE 458 459 The maximum size of the constructed OF tree. 460 461 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node. 462 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node. 463 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency. 464 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device 465 466 CONFIG_OF_HAS_BD_T 467 468 * CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT - enables the "fdt bd_t" command 469 * CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE - The resulting flat device tree 470 will have a copy of the bd_t. Space should be 471 pre-allocated in the dts for the bd_t. 472 473 CONFIG_OF_HAS_UBOOT_ENV 474 475 * CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT - enables the "fdt bd_t" command 476 * CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE - The resulting flat device tree 477 will have a copy of u-boot's environment variables 478 479 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP 480 481 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make 482 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel 483 484 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU 485 486 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot 487 param header, the default value is zero if undefined. 488 489- Serial Ports: 490 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 491 492 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 493 494 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 495 496 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 497 498 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 499 500 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 501 the clock speed of the UARTs. 502 503 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 504 505 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 506 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 507 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 508 509 510- Console Interface: 511 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 512 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 513 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 514 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 515 516 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 517 port routines must be defined elsewhere 518 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 519 520 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 521 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 522 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 523 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 524 (default big endian) 525 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 526 rectangle fill 527 (cf. smiLynxEM) 528 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 529 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 530 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 531 (cols=pitch) 532 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 533 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 534 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 535 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 536 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 537 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 538 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 539 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 540 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 541 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 542 (i.e. i8042_getc) 543 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 544 (requires blink timer 545 cf. i8042.c) 546 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 547 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 548 upper right corner 549 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 550 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 551 upper left corner 552 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 553 linux_logo.h for logo. 554 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 555 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 556 addional board info beside 557 the logo 558 559 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 560 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 561 environment 'console=serial'. 562 563 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 564 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 565 the "silent" environment variable. See 566 doc/README.silent for more information. 567 568- Console Baudrate: 569 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 570 Select one of the baudrates listed in 571 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 572 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 573 574- Interrupt driven serial port input: 575 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 576 577 PPC405GP only. 578 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 579 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 580 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 581 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 582 583 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 584 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 585 586- Console UART Number: 587 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 588 589 AMCC PPC4xx only. 590 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 591 as default U-Boot console. 592 593- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 594 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 595 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 596 597 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 598 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 599 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 600 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 601 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 602 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 603 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 604 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 605 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 606 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 607 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 608 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 609 610- Autoboot Command: 611 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 612 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 613 define a command string that is automatically executed 614 when no character is read on the console interface 615 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 616 617 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 618 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 619 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 620 environment value "bootargs". 621 622 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 623 The value of these goes into the environment as 624 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 625 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 626 ram and nfs. 627 628- Pre-Boot Commands: 629 CONFIG_PREBOOT 630 631 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 632 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 633 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 634 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 635 entering interactive mode. 636 637 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 638 automatically generated or modified. For an example 639 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 640 modified when the user holds down a certain 641 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 642 booting the systems 643 644- Serial Download Echo Mode: 645 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 646 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 647 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 648 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 649 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 650 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 651 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 652 653- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 654 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 655 Select one of the baudrates listed in 656 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 657 658- Monitor Functions: 659 CONFIG_COMMANDS 660 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 661 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 662 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 663 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 664 following values: 665 666 #define enables commands: 667 ------------------------- 668 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 669 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 670 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 671 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 672 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 673 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 674 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 675 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 676 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 677 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 678 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 679 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 680 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 681 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 682 CFG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments 683 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 684 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 685 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 686 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 687 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 688 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 689 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 690 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 691 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 692 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 693 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 694 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 695 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 696 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 697 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 698 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 699 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 700 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 701 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 702 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 703 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 704 loop, loopw, mtest 705 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 706 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 707 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 708 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 709 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 710 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 711 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 712 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 713 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 714 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 715 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 716 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 717 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 718 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 719 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 720 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 721 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 722 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 723 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 724 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 725 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 726 CFG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support 727 ----------------------------------------------- 728 CFG_CMD_ALL all 729 730 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 731 this is includes all commands, except 732 the ones marked with "*" in the list 733 above. 734 735 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 736 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 737 override the default settings in the respective 738 include file. 739 740 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 741 support you can write: 742 743 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 744 745 Other Commands: 746 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT 747 748 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 749 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 750 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 751 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 752 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 753 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 754 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 755 initial stack and some data. 756 757 758 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 759 760- Watchdog: 761 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 762 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 763 support. There must be support in the platform specific 764 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 765 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 766 register. 767 768- U-Boot Version: 769 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 770 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 771 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 772 version as printed by the "version" command. 773 This variable is readonly. 774 775- Real-Time Clock: 776 777 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 778 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 779 following options: 780 781 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 782 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 783 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 784 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 785 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 786 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 787 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 788 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 789 790 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 791 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 792 793- Timestamp Support: 794 795 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 796 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 797 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 798 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 799 800- Partition Support: 801 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 802 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 803 804 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 805 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 806 one partition type as well. 807 808- IDE Reset method: 809 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 810 board configurations files but used nowhere! 811 812 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 813 be performed by calling the function 814 ide_set_reset(int reset) 815 which has to be defined in a board specific file 816 817- ATAPI Support: 818 CONFIG_ATAPI 819 820 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 821 822- LBA48 Support 823 CONFIG_LBA48 824 825 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 826 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 827 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 828 support disks up to 2.1TB. 829 830 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 831 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 832 Default is 32bit. 833 834- SCSI Support: 835 At the moment only there is only support for the 836 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 837 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 838 839 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 840 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 841 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 842 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 843 devices. 844 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 845 846- NETWORK Support (PCI): 847 CONFIG_E1000 848 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 849 850 CONFIG_EEPRO100 851 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 852 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 853 write routine for first time initialisation. 854 855 CONFIG_TULIP 856 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 857 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 858 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 859 860 CONFIG_NATSEMI 861 Support for National dp83815 chips. 862 863 CONFIG_NS8382X 864 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 865 866- NETWORK Support (other): 867 868 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 869 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 870 871 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 872 Define this to hold the physical address 873 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 874 875 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 876 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 877 878 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 879 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 880 881 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 882 Define this to hold the physical address 883 of the device (I/O space) 884 885 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 886 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 887 888 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 889 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 890 (some hardware wont work with macros) 891 892- USB Support: 893 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 894 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 895 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 896 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 897 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 898 storage devices. 899 Note: 900 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 901 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 902 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 903 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 904 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 905 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 906 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 907 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 908 909 910- MMC Support: 911 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 912 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 913 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 914 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 915 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 916 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 917 918- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 919 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 920 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 921 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 922 923 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 924 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 925 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 926 927 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 928 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 929 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 930 931 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 932 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 933 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 934 have not defined a custom partition 935 936- Keyboard Support: 937 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 938 939 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 940 support 941 942 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 943 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 944 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 945 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 946 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 947 948- Video support: 949 CONFIG_VIDEO 950 951 Define this to enable video support (for output to 952 video). 953 954 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 955 956 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 957 958 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 959 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 960 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 961 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 962 assumed. 963 964 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 965 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 966 are possible: 967 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 968 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 969 970 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 971 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 972 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 973 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 974 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 975 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 976 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 977 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 978 979 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 980 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 981 982 983 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 984 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 985 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 986 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 987 988- Keyboard Support: 989 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 990 991 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 992 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 993 defined in your board-specific files. 994 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 995 996- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 997 998 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 999 display); also select one of the supported displays 1000 by defining one of these: 1001 1002 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 1003 1004 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 1005 1006 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 1007 1008 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 1009 Active, color, single scan. 1010 1011 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 1012 1013 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 1014 Active, color, single scan. 1015 1016 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 1017 1018 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 1019 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 1020 1021 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 1022 1023 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 1024 Active, color, single scan. 1025 1026 CONFIG_HLD1045 1027 1028 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 1029 Active, color, single scan. 1030 1031 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 1032 1033 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 1034 or 1035 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 1036 or 1037 Hitachi SP14Q002 1038 1039 320x240. Black & white. 1040 1041 Normally display is black on white background; define 1042 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 1043 1044- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 1045 1046 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 1047 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 1048 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 1049 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 1050 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 1051 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 1052 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 1053 loaded very quickly after power-on. 1054 1055- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP 1056 1057 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP 1058 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the 1059 splashscreen support or the bmp command. 1060 1061- Compression support: 1062 CONFIG_BZIP2 1063 1064 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 1065 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 1066 compressed images are supported. 1067 1068 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 1069 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 1070 be at least 4MB. 1071 1072- MII/PHY support: 1073 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 1074 1075 The address of PHY on MII bus. 1076 1077 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 1078 1079 The clock frequency of the MII bus 1080 1081 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 1082 1083 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 1084 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 1085 1086 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 1087 1088 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1089 reset before any MII register access is possible. 1090 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 1091 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1092 1093 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1094 1095 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1096 command issued before MII status register can be read 1097 1098- Ethernet address: 1099 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1100 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1101 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1102 1103 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1104 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1105 is not determined automatically. 1106 1107- IP address: 1108 CONFIG_IPADDR 1109 1110 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1111 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1112 determined through e.g. bootp. 1113 1114- Server IP address: 1115 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1116 1117 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1118 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1119 1120- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1121 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1122 1123 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1124 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1125 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1126 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1127 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1128 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1129 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1130 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1131 following delays are insterted then: 1132 1133 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1134 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1135 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1136 4th and following 1137 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1138 1139- DHCP Advanced Options: 1140 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1141 1142 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1143 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1144 1145 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1146 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1147 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1148 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1149 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1150 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1151 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1152 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1153 1154 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1155 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1156 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1157 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1158 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1159 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1160 the DHCP server. 1161 1162 - CDP Options: 1163 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1164 1165 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1166 1167 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1168 1169 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1170 of the device. 1171 1172 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1173 1174 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1175 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1176 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1177 1178 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1179 1180 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1181 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1182 1183 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1184 1185 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1186 1187 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1188 1189 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1190 1191 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1192 1193 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1194 1195 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1196 1197 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1198 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1199 1200 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1201 1202 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1203 1204- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1205 1206 Several configurations allow to display the current 1207 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1208 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1209 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1210 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1211 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1212 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1213 feature in U-Boot. 1214 1215- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1216 1217 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1218 on those systems that support this (optional) 1219 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1220 1221- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1222 1223 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1224 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1225 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1226 1227 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1228 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1229 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1230 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1231 command line interface. 1232 1233 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places 1234 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The 1235 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered 1236 deprecated and may disappear in the future. 1237 1238 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller. 1239 1240 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1241 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1242 support for I2C. 1243 1244 There are several other quantities that must also be 1245 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1246 1247 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1248 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1249 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1250 the cpu's i2c node address). 1251 1252 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1253 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1254 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1255 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1256 1257 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1258 1259 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1260 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1261 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1262 1263 I2C_INIT 1264 1265 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1266 controller or configure ports. 1267 1268 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1269 1270 I2C_PORT 1271 1272 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1273 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1274 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1275 1276 I2C_ACTIVE 1277 1278 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1279 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1280 define can be null. 1281 1282 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1283 1284 I2C_TRISTATE 1285 1286 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1287 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1288 define can be null. 1289 1290 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1291 1292 I2C_READ 1293 1294 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1295 FALSE if it is low. 1296 1297 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1298 1299 I2C_SDA(bit) 1300 1301 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1302 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1303 1304 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1305 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1306 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1307 1308 I2C_SCL(bit) 1309 1310 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1311 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1312 1313 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1314 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1315 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1316 1317 I2C_DELAY 1318 1319 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1320 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1321 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1322 like: 1323 1324 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1325 1326 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1327 1328 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1329 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1330 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1331 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1332 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1333 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1334 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1335 is run early in the boot sequence. 1336 1337 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1338 1339 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1340 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1341 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1342 1343 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1344 1345 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which 1346 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is 1347 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command. 1348 Note that bus numbering is zero-based. 1349 1350 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES 1351 1352 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped 1353 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy 1354 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device 1355 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses 1356 1357 e.g. 1358 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1359 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68} 1360 1361 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus 1362 1363 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1364 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}} 1365 1366 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1 1367 1368 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM 1369 1370 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD. 1371 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0. 1372 1373 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM 1374 1375 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC. 1376 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0. 1377 1378 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM 1379 1380 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT. 1381 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0. 1382 1383 CONFIG_FSL_I2C 1384 1385 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in 1386 drivers/fsl_i2c.c. 1387 1388 1389- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1390 1391 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1392 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1393 D/As on the SACSng board) 1394 1395 CONFIG_SPI_X 1396 1397 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1398 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1399 1400 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1401 1402 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1403 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1404 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1405 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1406 defined, the board configuration must define several 1407 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1408 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1409 1410- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1411 1412 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1413 1414 CONFIG_FPGA 1415 1416 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1417 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1418 1419 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1420 1421 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1422 1423 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1424 1425 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1426 status by the configuration function. This option 1427 will require a board or device specific function to 1428 be written. 1429 1430 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1431 1432 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1433 configuration driver. 1434 1435 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1436 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1437 1438 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1439 1440 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1441 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1442 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1443 indicated a CRC error). 1444 1445 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1446 1447 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1448 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1449 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1450 mS. 1451 1452 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1453 1454 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1455 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1456 1457 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1458 1459 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1460 200 mS. 1461 1462- Configuration Management: 1463 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1464 1465 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1466 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1467 1468- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1469 1470 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1471 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1472 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1473 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1474 protects these variables from casual modification by 1475 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1476 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1477 change this behviour: 1478 1479 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1480 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1481 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1482 these parameters. 1483 1484 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1485 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1486 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1487 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1488 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1489 read-only.] 1490 1491- Protected RAM: 1492 CONFIG_PRAM 1493 1494 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1495 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1496 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1497 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1498 this default value by defining an environment 1499 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1500 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1501 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1502 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1503 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1504 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1505 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1506 1507 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem} 1508 saveenv 1509 1510 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1511 either, which results in a memory region that will 1512 not be affected by reboots. 1513 1514 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1515 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1516 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1517 following board configurations are known to be 1518 "pRAM-clean": 1519 1520 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1521 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1522 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1523 1524- Error Recovery: 1525 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1526 1527 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1528 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1529 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1530 system where you want to system to reboot 1531 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1532 useful during development since you can try to debug 1533 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1534 1535 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1536 1537 This variable defines the number of retries for 1538 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1539 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1540 default value of 5 is used. 1541 1542- Command Interpreter: 1543 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1544 1545 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1546 1547 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet 1548 for the "hush" shell. 1549 1550 1551 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1552 1553 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1554 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1555 powerful command line syntax like 1556 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1557 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1558 1559 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1560 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1561 1562 1563 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1564 1565 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1566 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1567 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1568 1569 Note: 1570 1571 In the current implementation, the local variables 1572 space and global environment variables space are 1573 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1574 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1575 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1576 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1577 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1578 1579 Global environment variables are those you use 1580 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1581 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1582 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1583 1584 To store commands and special characters in a 1585 variable, please use double quotation marks 1586 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1587 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1588 symbols. 1589 1590- Commandline Editing and History: 1591 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING 1592 1593 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive 1594 commandline input operations 1595 1596- Default Environment: 1597 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1598 1599 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1600 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1601 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1602 1603 For example, place something like this in your 1604 board's config file: 1605 1606 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1607 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1608 "myvar2=value2\0" 1609 1610 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1611 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1612 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1613 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1614 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1615 You better know what you are doing here. 1616 1617 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1618 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1619 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1620 boot command first. 1621 1622- DataFlash Support: 1623 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1624 1625 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1626 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1627 commands cp, md... 1628 1629- SystemACE Support: 1630 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1631 1632 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1633 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1634 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1635 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1636 1637 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1638 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1639 1640 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1641 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1642 1643- TFTP Fixed UDP Port: 1644 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT 1645 1646 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp 1647 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. 1648 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port 1649 number generator is used. 1650 1651 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply 1652 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't 1653 defined, the normal port 69 is used. 1654 1655 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to 1656 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured 1657 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of 1658 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing 1659 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally. 1660 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, 1661 but sometimes that is not allowed. 1662 1663- Show boot progress: 1664 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1665 1666 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1667 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1668 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1669 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1670 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1671 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1672 1673 Arg Where When 1674 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1675 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1676 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1677 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1678 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1679 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1680 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1681 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1682 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1683 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1684 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1685 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1686 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1687 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1688 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1689 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1690 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1691 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1692 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1693 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1694 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1695 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1696 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1697 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1698 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1699 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1700 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1701 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1702 1703 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1704 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1705 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1706 1707 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1708 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1709 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1710 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1711 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1712 1713 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1714 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1715 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1716 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1717 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1718 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1719 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1720 1721 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1722 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1723 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1724 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1725 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1726 1727 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1728 1729 1730Modem Support: 1731-------------- 1732 1733[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1734 1735- Modem support endable: 1736 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1737 1738- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1739 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1740 1741- Modem debug support: 1742 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1743 1744 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1745 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1746 1747- Interrupt support (PPC): 1748 1749 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1750 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1751 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1752 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1753 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1754 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1755 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1756 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1757 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1758 general timer_interrupt(). 1759 1760- General: 1761 1762 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1763 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1764 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1765 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1766 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1767 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1768 initialization. 1769 1770 If there are no modem init strings in the 1771 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1772 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1773 supressed, though. 1774 1775 See also: doc/README.Modem 1776 1777 1778Configuration Settings: 1779----------------------- 1780 1781- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1782 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1783 1784- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1785 prompt for user input. 1786 1787- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1788 1789- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1790 1791- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1792 1793- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1794 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1795 booted 1796 1797- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1798 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1799 1800- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1801 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1802 1803- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1804 If the board specific function 1805 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1806 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1807 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1808 1809- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1810 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1811 1812- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1813 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1814 1815- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1816 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1817 simple memory test. 1818 1819- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1820 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1821 1822- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1823 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1824 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1825 1826- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1827 Default load address for network file downloads 1828 1829- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1830 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1831 1832- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1833 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1834 1835- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1836 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1837 Cogent motherboard) 1838 1839- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1840 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1841 1842- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1843 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1844 make config files to be same as the text base address 1845 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1846 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1847 1848- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1849 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1850 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1851 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1852 flash sector. 1853 1854- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1855 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1856 1857- CFG_BOOTM_LEN: 1858 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an 1859 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough, 1860 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file 1861 to adjust this setting to your needs. 1862 1863- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1864 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1865 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1866 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1867 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1868 1869- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1870 Max number of Flash memory banks 1871 1872- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1873 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1874 1875- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1876 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1877 1878- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1879 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1880 1881- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1882 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1883 1884- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1885 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1886 1887- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1888 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1889 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1890 1891- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1892 1893 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1894 without this option such a download has to be 1895 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1896 copy from RAM to flash. 1897 1898 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1899 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1900 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1901 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1902 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1903 1904- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1905 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1906 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1907 1908- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1909 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1910 in the drivers directory 1911 1912- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST 1913 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't 1914 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This 1915 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only 1916 optionally available. 1917 1918- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1919 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1920 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1921 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1922 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1923 on high ethernet traffic. 1924 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1925 1926The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1927of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1928following configurations: 1929 1930- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1931 1932 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1933 1934 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1935 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1936 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1937 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1938 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1939 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1940 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1941 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1942 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1943 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1944 between U-Boot and the environment. 1945 1946 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1947 1948 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1949 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1950 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1951 for this sector is given here. 1952 1953 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1954 1955 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1956 1957 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1958 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1959 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1960 1961 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1962 1963 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1964 1965 1966 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1967 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1968 the environment. 1969 1970 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1971 1972 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1973 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1974 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1975 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1976 1977 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1978 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1979 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1980 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1981 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1982 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1983 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1984 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1985 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1986 1987 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1988 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1989 1990 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1991 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1992 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1993 a "saveenv" operation. 1994 1995BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1996source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1997accordingly! 1998 1999 2000- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 2001 2002 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 2003 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 2004 environment. 2005 2006 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 2007 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2008 2009 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 2010 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 2011 can just be read and written to, without any special 2012 provision. 2013 2014BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 2015in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 2016console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 2017U-Boot will hang. 2018 2019Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 2020environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 2021keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 2022to save the current settings. 2023 2024 2025- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 2026 2027 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 2028 device and a driver for it. 2029 2030 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 2031 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2032 2033 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 2034 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 2035 2036 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 2037 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 2038 The default address is zero. 2039 2040 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 2041 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 2042 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 2043 would require six bits. 2044 2045 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 2046 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 2047 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 2048 2049 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 2050 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 2051 that this is NOT the chip address length! 2052 2053 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 2054 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 2055 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 2056 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 2057 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 2058 byte chips. 2059 2060 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 2061 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 2062 in the chip address. 2063 2064 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 2065 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 2066 2067 2068- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 2069 2070 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 2071 want to use for the environment. 2072 2073 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 2074 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 2075 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2076 2077 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 2078 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 2079 at the specified address. 2080 2081- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 2082 2083 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 2084 for the environment. 2085 2086 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 2087 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2088 2089 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 2090 area within the first NAND device. 2091 2092 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND 2093 2094 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE 2095 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, 2096 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a 2097 power failure during a "saveenv" operation. 2098 2099 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned 2100 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of 2101 the NAND devices block size. 2102 2103- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 2104 2105 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 2106 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 2107 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 2108 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 2109 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 2110 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 2111 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 2112 2113Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 2114has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 2115created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 2116until then to read environment variables. 2117 2118The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 2119is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 2120with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 2121necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 2122"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 2123have any device yet where we could complain.] 2124 2125Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 2126the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 2127use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 2128 2129- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 2130 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 2131 2132 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 2133 also needs to be defined. 2134 2135- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 2136 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 2137 2138- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 2139 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 2140 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 2141 2142- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 2143 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 2144 2145Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 2146--------------------------------------------------- 2147 2148- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 2149 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 2150 2151- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 2152 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 2153 2154 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 2155 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 2156 the IMMR register after a reset. 2157 2158- Floppy Disk Support: 2159 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 2160 2161 the default drive number (default value 0) 2162 2163 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 2164 2165 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 2166 (default value 1) 2167 2168 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 2169 2170 defines the offset of register from address. It 2171 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 2172 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 2173 2174 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 2175 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 2176 default value. 2177 2178 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 2179 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 2180 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 2181 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 2182 initializations. 2183 2184- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 2185 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 2186 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 2187 2188- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 2189 2190 Start address of memory area that can be used for 2191 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 2192 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 2193 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 2194 will become available only after programming the 2195 memory controller and running certain initialization 2196 sequences. 2197 2198 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2199 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2200 - MPC824X: data cache 2201 - PPC4xx: data cache 2202 2203- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2204 2205 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2206 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2207 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2208 data is located at the end of the available space 2209 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2210 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2211 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2212 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2213 2214 Note: 2215 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2216 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2217 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2218 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2219 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2220 2221- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2222 2223- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2224 2225- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2226 2227- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2228 2229- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2230 2231- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2232 2233- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2234 SDRAM timing 2235 2236- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2237 periodic timer for refresh 2238 2239- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2240 2241- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2242 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2243 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2244 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2245 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2246 2247- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2248 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2249 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2250 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2251 2252- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2253 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2254 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2255 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2256 2257- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2258 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2259 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2260 2261- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2262 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2263 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2264 2265- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2266 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2267 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2268 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2269 2270- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2271 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2272 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2273 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2274 cpm_8260.h. 2275 2276- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2277 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2278 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2279 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2280 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2281 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2282 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2283 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2284 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2285 2286- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM 2287 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common with pluggable 2288 memory modules such as SODIMMs 2289 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS 2290 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM 2291 2292- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM 2293 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first one, specify here. 2294 Note that the value must resolve to something your driver can deal with. 2295 2296- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0 2297 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured 2298 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3. 2299 2300- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0 2301 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured 2302 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3. 2303 2304- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2305 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2306 2307- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2308 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2309 to the given FEC; i. e. 2310 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2311 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2312 2313 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2314 2315- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2316 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2317 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2318 2319- CONFIG_RMII 2320 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2321 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2322 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2323 2324- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2325 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2326 The syntax is: 2327 2328 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2329 2330 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2331 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2332 area should have. 2333 2334- CONFIG_LOOPW 2335 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2336 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2337 2338- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2339 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2340 "md/mw" commands. 2341 Examples: 2342 2343 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2344 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2345 2346 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2347 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2348 2349 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2350 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2351 2352- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2353- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2354 2355 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2356 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2357 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2358 not relocate itself into RAM. 2359 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2360 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2361 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2362 performs these intializations itself. 2363 2364 2365Building the Software: 2366====================== 2367 2368Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2369PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2370(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2371NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2372 2373If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2374have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2375with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2376you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2377the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2378change it to: 2379 2380 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2381 2382 2383U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2384sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2385is done by typing: 2386 2387 make NAME_config 2388 2389where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2390configurations; the following names are supported: 2391 2392 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2393 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2394 Alaska8220_config 2395 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2396 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2397 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2398 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2399 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2400 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2401 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2402 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2403 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2404 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2405 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2406 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2407 EBONY_config mpc7448hpc2_config SM850_config 2408 ELPT860_config MPC8260ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2409 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540ADS_config stxgp3_config 2410 ETX094_config MPC8540EVAL_config SXNI855T_config 2411 FADS823_config NMPC8560ADS_config TQM823L_config 2412 FADS850SAR_config NETVIA_config TQM850L_config 2413 FADS860T_config omap1510inn_config TQM855L_config 2414 FPS850L_config omap1610h2_config TQM860L_config 2415 omap1610inn_config walnut_config 2416 omap5912osk_config Yukon8220_config 2417 omap2420h4_config ZPC1900_config 2418 2419Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2420 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2421 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2422 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2423 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2424 2425 make TQM823L_config 2426 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2427 2428 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2429 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2430 2431 etc. 2432 2433 2434Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2435images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2436 2437- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2438- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2439- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2440 2441By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved 2442in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change 2443this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory: 2444 24451. Add O= to the make command line invocations: 2446 2447 make O=/tmp/build distclean 2448 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config 2449 make O=/tmp/build all 2450 24512. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location: 2452 2453 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build 2454 make distclean 2455 make NAME_config 2456 make all 2457 2458Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment 2459variable. 2460 2461 2462Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2463for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2464native "make". 2465 2466 2467If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2468to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2469steps: 2470 24711. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2472 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2473 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2474 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2475 keep this order. 24762. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2477 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2478 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 24793. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2480 your board 24813. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2482 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 24834. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 24845. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2485 to be installed on your target system. 24866. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2487 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2488 2489 2490Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2491============================================================== 2492 2493If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2494or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2495provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2496the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2497official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2498 2499But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2500cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2501the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2502just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2503for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2504select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2505environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2506MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2507 2508 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2509 2510or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2511 2512 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2513 2514When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build U-Boot 2515in the source directory. This location can be changed by setting the 2516BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target built, the MAKEALL 2517script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and <target>.MAKEALL) in the 2518<source dir>/LOG directory. This default location can be changed by 2519setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment variable. For example: 2520 2521 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build 2522 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log 2523 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2524 2525With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build, log 2526files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean during 2527the whole build process. 2528 2529 2530See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2531 2532 2533Monitor Commands - Overview: 2534============================ 2535 2536go - start application at address 'addr' 2537run - run commands in an environment variable 2538bootm - boot application image from memory 2539bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2540tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2541 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2542 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2543rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2544diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2545loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2546loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2547md - memory display 2548mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2549nm - memory modify (constant address) 2550mw - memory write (fill) 2551cp - memory copy 2552cmp - memory compare 2553crc32 - checksum calculation 2554imd - i2c memory display 2555imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2556inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2557imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2558icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2559iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2560iloop - infinite loop on address range 2561isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2562sspi - SPI utility commands 2563base - print or set address offset 2564printenv- print environment variables 2565setenv - set environment variables 2566saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2567protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2568erase - erase FLASH memory 2569flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2570bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2571iminfo - print header information for application image 2572coninfo - print console devices and informations 2573ide - IDE sub-system 2574loop - infinite loop on address range 2575loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2576mtest - simple RAM test 2577icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2578dcache - enable or disable data cache 2579reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2580echo - echo args to console 2581version - print monitor version 2582help - print online help 2583? - alias for 'help' 2584 2585 2586Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2587======================================== 2588 2589TODO. 2590 2591For now: just type "help <command>". 2592 2593 2594Environment Variables: 2595====================== 2596 2597U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2598can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2599 2600Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2601"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2602without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2603environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2604working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2605environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2606 2607Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2608 2609 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2610 2611 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2612 2613 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2614 2615 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2616 2617 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2618 2619 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2620 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2621 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2622 load any image using TFTP 2623 2624 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2625 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2626 be automatically started (by internally calling 2627 "bootm") 2628 2629 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2630 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2631 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2632 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2633 data. 2634 2635 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2636 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2637 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2638 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2639 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2640 2641 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2642 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2643 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2644 is usually what you want since it allows for 2645 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2646 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2647 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2648 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2649 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2650 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2651 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2652 2653 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2654 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2655 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2656 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2657 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2658 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2659 2660 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2661 2662 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2663 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2664 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2665 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2666 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2667 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2668 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2669 2670 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2671 2672 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2673 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2674 2675 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2676 2677 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2678 2679 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2680 2681 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2682 2683 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2684 2685 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2686 interface is used first. 2687 2688 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2689 interface is currently active. For example you 2690 can do the following 2691 2692 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2693 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2694 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2695 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2696 2697 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2698 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2699 When set to "once" the network operation will 2700 fail when all the available network interfaces 2701 are tried once without success. 2702 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2703 themselves. 2704 2705 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 2706 UDP source port. 2707 2708 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP 2709 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69. 2710 2711 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2712 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2713 VLAN tagged frames. 2714 2715The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2716updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2717depending the information provided by your boot server: 2718 2719 bootfile - see above 2720 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2721 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2722 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2723 hostname - Target hostname 2724 ipaddr - see above 2725 netmask - Subnet Mask 2726 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2727 serverip - see above 2728 2729 2730There are two special Environment Variables: 2731 2732 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2733 as type string and/or serial number 2734 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2735 2736These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2737the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2738once they have been set once. 2739 2740 2741Further special Environment Variables: 2742 2743 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2744 with the "version" command. This variable is 2745 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2746 2747 2748Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2749only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2750 2751 2752Command Line Parsing: 2753===================== 2754 2755There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2756the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2757 2758Old, simple command line parser: 2759-------------------------------- 2760 2761- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2762- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2763- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax 2764- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2765 for example: 2766 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address} 2767- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2768 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2769 2770Hush shell: 2771----------- 2772 2773- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2774 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2775 until...do...done, ... 2776- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2777 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2778 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2779 command 2780 2781General rules: 2782-------------- 2783 2784(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2785 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2786 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2787 executed anyway. 2788 2789(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2790 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2791 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2792 variables are not executed. 2793 2794Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2795======================================= 2796 2797Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2798such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2799"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2800 2801Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2802MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2803"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2804 2805If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2806in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2807ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2808variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2809 2810o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2811 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2812 2813o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2814 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2815 used. 2816 2817o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2818 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2819 2820o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2821 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2822 warning is printed. 2823 2824o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2825 is raised. 2826 2827 2828Image Formats: 2829============== 2830 2831The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2832can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2833definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2834defines the following image properties: 2835 2836* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2837 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2838 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2839 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2840* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, 2841 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2842 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2843* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2844* Load Address 2845* Entry Point 2846* Image Name 2847* Image Timestamp 2848 2849The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2850and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2851CRC32 checksums. 2852 2853 2854Linux Support: 2855============== 2856 2857Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2858easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2859U-Boot. 2860 2861U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2862special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2863"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2864instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2865serves several purposes: 2866 2867- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2868 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2869 Flash memory footprint) 2870 2871- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2872 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2873 2874- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2875 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2876 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2877 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2878 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2879 software is easier now. 2880 2881 2882Linux HOWTO: 2883============ 2884 2885Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2886--------------------------------------- 2887 2888U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2889configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2890(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2891Linux :-). 2892 2893But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2894 2895Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2896include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2897Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2898sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2899U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2900 2901 2902Configuring the Linux kernel: 2903----------------------------- 2904 2905No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2906device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2907 2908 2909Building a Linux Image: 2910----------------------- 2911 2912With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2913not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2914"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2915U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2916which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2917100% compatible format. 2918 2919Example: 2920 2921 make TQM850L_config 2922 make oldconfig 2923 make dep 2924 make uImage 2925 2926The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2927encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2928CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2929 2930* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2931 2932* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2933 2934 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2935 -R .note -R .comment \ 2936 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2937 2938* compress the binary image: 2939 2940 gzip -9 linux.bin 2941 2942* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2943 2944 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2945 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2946 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2947 2948 2949The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2950with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2951combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2952byte header containing information about target architecture, 2953operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2954stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2955 2956"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2957print the header information, or to build new images. 2958 2959In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2960contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2961checksum verification: 2962 2963 tools/mkimage -l image 2964 -l ==> list image header information 2965 2966The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2967from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2968 2969 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2970 -n name -d data_file image 2971 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2972 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2973 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2974 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2975 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2976 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2977 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2978 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2979 2980Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2981address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2982kernel version: 2983 2984- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2985- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2986 2987So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2988 2989 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2990 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2991 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2992 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2993 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2994 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2995 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2996 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2997 Load Address: 0x00000000 2998 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2999 3000To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 3001 3002 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 3003 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 3004 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 3005 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3006 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 3007 Load Address: 0x00000000 3008 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3009 3010NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 3011speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 3012needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 3013need to be uncompressed: 3014 3015 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 3016 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 3017 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 3018 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 3019 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 3020 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 3021 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 3022 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 3023 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 3024 Load Address: 0x00000000 3025 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3026 3027 3028Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 3029when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 3030 3031 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 3032 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 3033 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 3034 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3035 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 3036 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3037 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 3038 Load Address: 0x00000000 3039 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3040 3041 3042Installing a Linux Image: 3043------------------------- 3044 3045To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 3046you must convert the image to S-Record format: 3047 3048 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 3049 3050The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 3051image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 3052address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 3053specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 3054command. 3055 3056Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 3057TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 3058 3059 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 3060 3061 .......... done 3062 Erased 8 sectors 3063 3064 => loads 40100000 3065 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3066 ~>examples/image.srec 3067 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 3068 ... 3069 15989 15990 15991 15992 3070 [file transfer complete] 3071 [connected] 3072 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 3073 3074 3075You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 3076this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 3077corruption happened: 3078 3079 => imi 40100000 3080 3081 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 3082 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3083 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3084 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3085 Load Address: 00000000 3086 Entry Point: 0000000c 3087 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3088 3089 3090Boot Linux: 3091----------- 3092 3093The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 3094memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 3095of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 3096parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 3097"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 3098 3099 3100 => printenv bootargs 3101 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 3102 3103 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3104 3105 => printenv bootargs 3106 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3107 3108 => bootm 40020000 3109 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 3110 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 3111 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3112 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 3113 Load Address: 00000000 3114 Entry Point: 0000000c 3115 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3116 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3117 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 3118 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3119 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3120 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3121 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 3122 ... 3123 3124If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 3125the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 3126format!) to the "bootm" command: 3127 3128 => imi 40100000 40200000 3129 3130 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 3131 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3132 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3133 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3134 Load Address: 00000000 3135 Entry Point: 0000000c 3136 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3137 3138 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 3139 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3140 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3141 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3142 Load Address: 00000000 3143 Entry Point: 00000000 3144 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3145 3146 => bootm 40100000 40200000 3147 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 3148 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3149 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3150 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3151 Load Address: 00000000 3152 Entry Point: 0000000c 3153 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3154 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3155 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 3156 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3157 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3158 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3159 Load Address: 00000000 3160 Entry Point: 00000000 3161 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3162 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 3163 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 3164 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 3165 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3166 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3167 ... 3168 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 3169 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 3170 3171 bash# 3172 3173Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree: 3174----------- 3175 3176First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section 3177titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The 3178following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated 3179flat device tree: 3180 3181=> print oftaddr 3182oftaddr=0x300000 3183=> print oft 3184oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb 3185=> tftp $oftaddr $oft 3186Speed: 1000, full duplex 3187Using TSEC0 device 3188TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101 3189Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'. 3190Load address: 0x300000 3191Loading: # 3192done 3193Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex) 3194=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile 3195Speed: 1000, full duplex 3196Using TSEC0 device 3197TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2 3198Filename 'uImage'. 3199Load address: 0x200000 3200Loading:############ 3201done 3202Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex) 3203=> print loadaddr 3204loadaddr=200000 3205=> print oftaddr 3206oftaddr=0x300000 3207=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr 3208## Booting image at 00200000 ... 3209 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty 3210 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3211 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB 3212 Load Address: 00000000 3213 Entry Point: 00000000 3214 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3215 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3216Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000 3217Using MPC85xx ADS machine description 3218Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb 3219[snip] 3220 3221 3222More About U-Boot Image Types: 3223------------------------------ 3224 3225U-Boot supports the following image types: 3226 3227 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 3228 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 3229 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 3230 the Standalone Program. 3231 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 3232 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 3233 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 3234 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 3235 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 3236 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 3237 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 3238 being started. 3239 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 3240 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 3241 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 3242 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 3243 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 3244 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 3245 3246 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 3247 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 3248 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 3249 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 3250 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 3251 a multiple of 4 bytes). 3252 3253 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 3254 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 3255 flash memory. 3256 3257 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 3258 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 3259 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 3260 as command interpreter. 3261 3262 3263Standalone HOWTO: 3264================= 3265 3266One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 3267run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 3268U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 3269 3270Two simple examples are included with the sources: 3271 3272"Hello World" Demo: 3273------------------- 3274 3275'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 3276application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 3277It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 3278like that: 3279 3280 => loads 3281 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3282 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 3283 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3284 [file transfer complete] 3285 [connected] 3286 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3287 3288 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 3289 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3290 Hello World 3291 argc = 7 3292 argv[0] = "40004" 3293 argv[1] = "Hello" 3294 argv[2] = "World!" 3295 argv[3] = "This" 3296 argv[4] = "is" 3297 argv[5] = "a" 3298 argv[6] = "test." 3299 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 3300 Hit any key to exit ... 3301 3302 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3303 3304Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 3305handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 3306Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 3307The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 3308character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 3309controlled by the following keys: 3310 3311 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3312 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3313 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3314 q - quit application 3315 3316 => loads 3317 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3318 ~>examples/timer.srec 3319 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3320 [file transfer complete] 3321 [connected] 3322 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3323 3324 => go 40004 3325 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3326 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3327 Using timer 1 3328 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3329 3330Hit 'b': 3331 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3332 Enabling timer 3333Hit '?': 3334 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3335 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3336Hit '?': 3337 [q, b, e, ?] . 3338 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3339Hit '?': 3340 [q, b, e, ?] . 3341 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3342Hit '?': 3343 [q, b, e, ?] . 3344 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3345Hit 'e': 3346 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3347Hit 'q': 3348 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3349 3350 3351Minicom warning: 3352================ 3353 3354Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3355"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3356consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3357Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3358especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3359use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3360 3361Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3362configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3363 3364 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3365 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3366 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3367 3368 3369NetBSD Notes: 3370============= 3371 3372Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3373(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3374 3375Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3376NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3377need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3378Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3379attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3380missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3381 3382 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3383 # mkdir powerpc 3384 # ln -s powerpc machine 3385 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3386 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3387 3388Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3389and U-Boot include files. 3390 3391Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3392stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3393proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3394tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3395meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3396 3397 3398Implementation Internals: 3399========================= 3400 3401The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3402implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3403inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3404hardware. 3405 3406 3407Initial Stack, Global Data: 3408--------------------------- 3409 3410The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3411starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3412system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3413This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3414is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3415at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3416options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3417models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3418MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3419locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3420 3421 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3422 u-boot-users mailing list: 3423 3424 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3425 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3426 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3427 ... 3428 3429 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3430 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3431 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3432 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3433 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3434 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3435 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3436 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3437 3438 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3439 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3440 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3441 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3442 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3443 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3444 used. 3445 3446 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3447 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3448 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3449 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3450 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3451 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3452 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3453 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3454 you get the config right. 3455 3456 -Chris Hallinan 3457 DS4.COM, Inc. 3458 3459It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3460code for the initialization procedures: 3461 3462* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3463 to write it. 3464 3465* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3466 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3467 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3468 3469* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3470 that. 3471 3472Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3473normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3474turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3475simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3476functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3477functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3478the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3479place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3480reserve for this purpose. 3481 3482When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3483relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3484GCC's implementation. 3485 3486For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3487 R1: stack pointer 3488 R2: TOC pointer 3489 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3490 R5-R10: parameter passing 3491 R13: small data area pointer 3492 R30: GOT pointer 3493 R31: frame pointer 3494 3495 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3496 3497 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3498 3499 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3500 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3501 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3502 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3503 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3504 624 text + 127 data). 3505 3506On ARM, the following registers are used: 3507 3508 R0: function argument word/integer result 3509 R1-R3: function argument word 3510 R9: GOT pointer 3511 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3512 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3513 R12: temporary workspace 3514 R13: stack pointer 3515 R14: link register 3516 R15: program counter 3517 3518 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3519 3520NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope, 3521or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much. 3522 3523Memory Management: 3524------------------ 3525 3526U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3527MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3528 3529The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3530controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3531memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3532physical memory banks. 3533 3534U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3535TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3536booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3537to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3538memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3539configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3540Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3541 3542Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3543of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3544 3545So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3546this: 3547 3548 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3549 : 3550 0x0000 1FFF 3551 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3552 : 3553 : 3554 3555 : 3556 : 3557 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3558 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3559 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3560 : 3561 0x00FD FFFF 3562 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3563 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3564 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3565 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3566 3567 3568System Initialization: 3569---------------------- 3570 3571In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3572(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3573configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3574To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3575To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3576initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3577which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3578part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3579the caches and the SIU. 3580 3581Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3582preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3583(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3584on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3585programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3586simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3587banks. 3588 3589When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3590different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3591bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 35920x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3593contiguous memory starting from 0. 3594 3595Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3596and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3597Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3598pages, and the final stack is set up. 3599 3600Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3601until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3602running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3603new address in RAM. 3604 3605 3606U-Boot Porting Guide: 3607---------------------- 3608 3609[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3610list, October 2002] 3611 3612 3613int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3614{ 3615 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3616 3617 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3618 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3619 3620 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3621 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3622 return 0; 3623 } 3624 3625 Download latest U-Boot source; 3626 3627 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3628 3629 if (clueless) { 3630 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3631 } 3632 3633 while (learning) { 3634 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3635 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3636 Read the source, Luke; 3637 } 3638 3639 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3640 Buy a BDI2000; 3641 } else { 3642 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3643 } 3644 3645 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3646 3647 Create your own board config file; 3648 3649 while (!running) { 3650 do { 3651 Add / modify source code; 3652 } until (compiles); 3653 Debug; 3654 if (clueless) 3655 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3656 } 3657 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3658 3659 return 0; 3660} 3661 3662void no_more_time (int sig) 3663{ 3664 hire_a_guru(); 3665} 3666 3667 3668Coding Standards: 3669----------------- 3670 3671All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3672coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script 3673"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources 3674originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding 3675spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used. 3676 3677Source files originating from a different project (for example the 3678MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not 3679reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those 3680sources. 3681 3682Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in 3683Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//) 3684in your code. 3685 3686Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3687- remove any trailing white space 3688- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3689- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3690- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3691- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3692 3693Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3694with a request to reformat the changes. 3695 3696 3697Submitting Patches: 3698------------------- 3699 3700Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3701establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3702may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3703 3704Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3705 3706When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3707it: 3708 3709* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3710 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3711 patch actually fixes something. 3712 3713* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3714 implementation. 3715 3716* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3717 3718* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3719 3720* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3721 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3722 3723* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3724 document these in the README file. 3725 3726* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3727 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3728 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3729 version of GNU diff. 3730 3731 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3732 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3733 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3734 directory information for the affected files). 3735 3736 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3737 gzipped text. 3738 3739* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3740 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3741 3742* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3743 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3744 3745 3746Notes: 3747 3748* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3749 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3750 for any of the boards. 3751 3752* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3753 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3754 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3755 3756* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3757 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3758 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3759 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3760 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3761 modification. 3762 3763* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3764 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3765