1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 148 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs 149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 154- drivers Commonly used device drivers 155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 157- include Header Files 158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 165- net Networking code 166- post Power On Self Test 167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 169 170Software Configuration: 171======================= 172 173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 175 176There are two classes of configuration variables: 177 178* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 180 "CONFIG_". 181 182* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 185 "CFG_". 186 187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 191as an example here. 192 193 194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 195--------------------------------------------------- 196 197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 199 200Example: For a TQM823L module type: 201 202 cd u-boot 203 make TQM823L_config 204 205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 208 209 210Configuration Options: 211---------------------- 212 213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 214such information is kept in a configuration file 215"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 216 217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 218"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 219 220 221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 223build a config tool - later. 224 225 226The following options need to be configured: 227 228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 229 230 PowerPC based CPUs: 231 ------------------- 232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 234 or CONFIG_MPC8220 235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 237 or CONFIG_IOP480 238 or CONFIG_405GP 239 or CONFIG_405EP 240 or CONFIG_440 241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 242 or CONFIG_750FX 243 244 ARM based CPUs: 245 --------------- 246 CONFIG_SA1110 247 CONFIG_ARM7 248 CONFIG_PXA250 249 CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS 250 251 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 252 ---------------------- 253 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 254 255 Nios-2 based CPUs: 256 ---------------------- 257 CONFIG_NIOS2 258 259 260- Board Type: Define exactly one of 261 262 PowerPC based boards: 263 --------------------- 264 265 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC 266 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405 267 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2 268 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6 269 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e 270 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405 271 CONFIG_BC3450 CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826 272 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260 273 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823 274 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850 275 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T 276 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823 277 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic 278 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite 279 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper 280 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto 281 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng 282 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 283 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 284 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LITE5200B CONFIG_sbc8260 285 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560 286 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850 287 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS 288 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3 289 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T 290 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L 291 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 292 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L 293 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L 294 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L 295 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech 296 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245 297 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37 298 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC 299 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG 300 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT 301 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900 302 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA 303 304 ARM based boards: 305 ----------------- 306 307 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, 308 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DELTA, CONFIG_DNP1110, 309 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, 310 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, 311 CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400, 312 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, 313 CONFIG_PLEB2, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, 314 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB, 315 CONFIG_VCMA9 316 317 MicroBlaze based boards: 318 ------------------------ 319 320 CONFIG_SUZAKU 321 322 Nios-2 based boards: 323 ------------------------ 324 325 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 326 CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40 327 328 329- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 330 Define exactly one of 331 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 332--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 333 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 334 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 335 336- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 337 Define exactly one of 338 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 339 340- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 341 Define one or more of 342 CONFIG_CMA302 343 344- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 345 Define one or more of 346 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 347 the lcd display every second with 348 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 349 350- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 351 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 352 Possible values are: 353 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 354 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 355 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 356 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 357 358- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 359 Define exactly one of 360 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 361 362- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 363 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 364 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 365 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 366 reference PIT/RTC clock 367 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 368 or XTAL/EXTAL) 369 370- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 371 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 372 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 373 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 374 See doc/README.MPC866 375 376 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 377 378 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 379 of relying on the correctness of the configured 380 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 381 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 382 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 383 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 384 385- Intel Monahans options: 386 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO 387 388 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator 389 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core 390 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz. 391 392 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO 393 394 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator 395 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and 396 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied 397 by this value. 398 399- Linux Kernel Interface: 400 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 401 402 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 403 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 404 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 405 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 406 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 407 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 408 Linux kernel. 409 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 410 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 411 default environment. 412 413 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 414 415 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 416 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 417 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 418 419 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE 420 421 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be 422 passed using flat open firmware trees. 423 The environment variable "disable_of", when set, disables this 424 functionality. 425 426 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE_MAX_SIZE 427 428 The maximum size of the constructed OF tree. 429 430 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node. 431 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node. 432 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency. 433 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device 434 435 CONFIG_OF_HAS_BD_T 436 437 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of the bd_t. 438 Space should be pre-allocated in the dts for the bd_t. 439 440 CONFIG_OF_HAS_UBOOT_ENV 441 442 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of u-boot's 443 environment variables 444 445 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP 446 447 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make 448 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel 449 450- Serial Ports: 451 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 452 453 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 454 455 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 456 457 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 458 459 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 460 461 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 462 the clock speed of the UARTs. 463 464 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 465 466 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 467 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 468 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 469 470 471- Console Interface: 472 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 473 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 474 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 475 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 476 477 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 478 port routines must be defined elsewhere 479 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 480 481 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 482 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 483 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 484 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 485 (default big endian) 486 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 487 rectangle fill 488 (cf. smiLynxEM) 489 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 490 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 491 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 492 (cols=pitch) 493 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 494 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 495 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 496 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 497 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 498 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 499 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 500 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 501 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 502 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 503 (i.e. i8042_getc) 504 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 505 (requires blink timer 506 cf. i8042.c) 507 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 508 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 509 upper right corner 510 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 511 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 512 upper left corner 513 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 514 linux_logo.h for logo. 515 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 516 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 517 addional board info beside 518 the logo 519 520 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 521 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 522 environment 'console=serial'. 523 524 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 525 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 526 the "silent" environment variable. See 527 doc/README.silent for more information. 528 529- Console Baudrate: 530 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 531 Select one of the baudrates listed in 532 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 533 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 534 535- Interrupt driven serial port input: 536 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 537 538 PPC405GP only. 539 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 540 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 541 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 542 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 543 544 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 545 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 546 547- Console UART Number: 548 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 549 550 AMCC PPC4xx only. 551 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 552 as default U-Boot console. 553 554- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 555 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 556 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 557 558 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 559 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 560 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 561 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 562 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 563 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 564 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 565 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 566 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 567 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 568 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 569 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 570 571- Autoboot Command: 572 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 573 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 574 define a command string that is automatically executed 575 when no character is read on the console interface 576 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 577 578 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 579 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 580 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 581 environment value "bootargs". 582 583 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 584 The value of these goes into the environment as 585 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 586 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 587 ram and nfs. 588 589- Pre-Boot Commands: 590 CONFIG_PREBOOT 591 592 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 593 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 594 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 595 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 596 entering interactive mode. 597 598 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 599 automatically generated or modified. For an example 600 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 601 modified when the user holds down a certain 602 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 603 booting the systems 604 605- Serial Download Echo Mode: 606 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 607 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 608 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 609 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 610 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 611 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 612 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 613 614- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 615 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 616 Select one of the baudrates listed in 617 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 618 619- Monitor Functions: 620 CONFIG_COMMANDS 621 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 622 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 623 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 624 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 625 following values: 626 627 #define enables commands: 628 ------------------------- 629 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 630 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 631 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 632 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 633 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 634 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 635 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 636 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 637 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 638 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 639 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 640 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 641 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 642 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 643 CFG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments 644 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 645 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 646 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 647 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 648 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 649 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 650 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 651 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 652 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 653 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 654 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 655 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 656 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 657 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 658 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 659 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 660 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 661 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 662 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 663 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 664 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 665 loop, loopw, mtest 666 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 667 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 668 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 669 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 670 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 671 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 672 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 673 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 674 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 675 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 676 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 677 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 678 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 679 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 680 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 681 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 682 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 683 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 684 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 685 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 686 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 687 ----------------------------------------------- 688 CFG_CMD_ALL all 689 690 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 691 this is includes all commands, except 692 the ones marked with "*" in the list 693 above. 694 695 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 696 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 697 override the default settings in the respective 698 include file. 699 700 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 701 support you can write: 702 703 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 704 705 706 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 707 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 708 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 709 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 710 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 711 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 712 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 713 initial stack and some data. 714 715 716 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 717 718- Watchdog: 719 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 720 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 721 support. There must be support in the platform specific 722 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 723 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 724 register. 725 726- U-Boot Version: 727 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 728 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 729 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 730 version as printed by the "version" command. 731 This variable is readonly. 732 733- Real-Time Clock: 734 735 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 736 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 737 following options: 738 739 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 740 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 741 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 742 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 743 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 744 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 745 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 746 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 747 748 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 749 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 750 751- Timestamp Support: 752 753 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 754 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 755 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 756 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 757 758- Partition Support: 759 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 760 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 761 762 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 763 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 764 one partition type as well. 765 766- IDE Reset method: 767 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 768 board configurations files but used nowhere! 769 770 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 771 be performed by calling the function 772 ide_set_reset(int reset) 773 which has to be defined in a board specific file 774 775- ATAPI Support: 776 CONFIG_ATAPI 777 778 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 779 780- LBA48 Support 781 CONFIG_LBA48 782 783 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 784 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 785 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 786 support disks up to 2.1TB. 787 788 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 789 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 790 Default is 32bit. 791 792- SCSI Support: 793 At the moment only there is only support for the 794 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 795 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 796 797 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 798 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 799 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 800 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 801 devices. 802 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 803 804- NETWORK Support (PCI): 805 CONFIG_E1000 806 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 807 808 CONFIG_EEPRO100 809 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 810 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 811 write routine for first time initialisation. 812 813 CONFIG_TULIP 814 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 815 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 816 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 817 818 CONFIG_NATSEMI 819 Support for National dp83815 chips. 820 821 CONFIG_NS8382X 822 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 823 824- NETWORK Support (other): 825 826 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 827 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 828 829 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 830 Define this to hold the physical address 831 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 832 833 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 834 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 835 836 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 837 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 838 839 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 840 Define this to hold the physical address 841 of the device (I/O space) 842 843 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 844 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 845 846 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 847 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 848 (some hardware wont work with macros) 849 850- USB Support: 851 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 852 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 853 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 854 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 855 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 856 storage devices. 857 Note: 858 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 859 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 860 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 861 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 862 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 863 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 864 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 865 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 866 867- USB Device: 868 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console. 869 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the 870 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and 871 attach your usb cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print 872 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty 873 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to 874 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a 875 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device. 876 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate 877 a Linux host by 878 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID 879 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment 880 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following 881 might be defined in YourBoardName.h 882 883 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE 884 Define this to build a UDC device 885 886 CONFIG_USB_TTY 887 Define this to have a tty type of device available to 888 talk to the UDC device 889 890 CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 891 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to 892 be set to usbtty. 893 894 mpc8xx: 895 CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH 896 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah" 897 - CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02 898 899 CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH 900 Derive USB clock from brgclk 901 - CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04 902 903 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to 904 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h 905 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define 906 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME, 907 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot 908 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host. 909 910 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER 911 Define this string as the name of your company for 912 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company" 913 914 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME 915 Define this string as the name of your product 916 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device" 917 918 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 919 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB 920 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID 921 to avoid polluting the USB namespace. 922 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF 923 924 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 925 Define this as the unique Product ID 926 for your device 927 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF 928 929 930- MMC Support: 931 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 932 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 933 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 934 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 935 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 936 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 937 938- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 939 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 940 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 941 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 942 943 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 944 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 945 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 946 947 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 948 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 949 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 950 951 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 952 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 953 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 954 have not defined a custom partition 955 956- Keyboard Support: 957 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 958 959 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 960 support 961 962 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 963 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 964 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 965 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 966 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 967 968- Video support: 969 CONFIG_VIDEO 970 971 Define this to enable video support (for output to 972 video). 973 974 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 975 976 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 977 978 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 979 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 980 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 981 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 982 assumed. 983 984 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 985 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 986 are possible: 987 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 988 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 989 990 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 991 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 992 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 993 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 994 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 995 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 996 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 997 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 998 999 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 1000 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 1001 1002 1003 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 1004 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 1005 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 1006 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 1007 1008- Keyboard Support: 1009 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 1010 1011 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 1012 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 1013 defined in your board-specific files. 1014 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 1015 1016- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 1017 1018 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 1019 display); also select one of the supported displays 1020 by defining one of these: 1021 1022 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 1023 1024 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 1025 1026 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 1027 1028 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 1029 Active, color, single scan. 1030 1031 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 1032 1033 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 1034 Active, color, single scan. 1035 1036 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 1037 1038 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 1039 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 1040 1041 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 1042 1043 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 1044 Active, color, single scan. 1045 1046 CONFIG_HLD1045 1047 1048 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 1049 Active, color, single scan. 1050 1051 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 1052 1053 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 1054 or 1055 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 1056 or 1057 Hitachi SP14Q002 1058 1059 320x240. Black & white. 1060 1061 Normally display is black on white background; define 1062 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 1063 1064- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 1065 1066 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 1067 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 1068 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 1069 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 1070 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 1071 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 1072 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 1073 loaded very quickly after power-on. 1074 1075- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP 1076 1077 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP 1078 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the 1079 splashscreen support or the bmp command. 1080 1081- Compression support: 1082 CONFIG_BZIP2 1083 1084 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 1085 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 1086 compressed images are supported. 1087 1088 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 1089 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 1090 be at least 4MB. 1091 1092- MII/PHY support: 1093 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 1094 1095 The address of PHY on MII bus. 1096 1097 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 1098 1099 The clock frequency of the MII bus 1100 1101 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 1102 1103 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 1104 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 1105 1106 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 1107 1108 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1109 reset before any MII register access is possible. 1110 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 1111 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1112 1113 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1114 1115 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1116 command issued before MII status register can be read 1117 1118- Ethernet address: 1119 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1120 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1121 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1122 1123 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1124 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1125 is not determined automatically. 1126 1127- IP address: 1128 CONFIG_IPADDR 1129 1130 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1131 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1132 determined through e.g. bootp. 1133 1134- Server IP address: 1135 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1136 1137 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1138 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1139 1140- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1141 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1142 1143 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1144 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1145 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1146 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1147 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1148 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1149 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1150 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1151 following delays are insterted then: 1152 1153 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1154 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1155 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1156 4th and following 1157 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1158 1159- DHCP Advanced Options: 1160 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1161 1162 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1163 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1164 1165 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1166 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1167 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1168 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1169 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1170 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1171 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1172 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1173 1174 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1175 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1176 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1177 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1178 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1179 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1180 the DHCP server. 1181 1182 - CDP Options: 1183 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1184 1185 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1186 1187 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1188 1189 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1190 of the device. 1191 1192 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1193 1194 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1195 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1196 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1197 1198 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1199 1200 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1201 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1202 1203 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1204 1205 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1206 1207 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1208 1209 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1210 1211 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1212 1213 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1214 1215 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1216 1217 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1218 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1219 1220 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1221 1222 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1223 1224- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1225 1226 Several configurations allow to display the current 1227 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1228 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1229 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1230 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1231 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1232 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1233 feature in U-Boot. 1234 1235- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1236 1237 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1238 on those systems that support this (optional) 1239 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1240 1241- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1242 1243 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1244 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1245 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1246 1247 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1248 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1249 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1250 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1251 command line interface. 1252 1253 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C. 1254 1255 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1256 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1257 support for I2C. 1258 1259 There are several other quantities that must also be 1260 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1261 1262 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1263 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1264 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1265 the cpu's i2c node address). 1266 1267 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1268 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1269 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1270 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1271 1272 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1273 1274 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1275 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1276 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1277 1278 I2C_INIT 1279 1280 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1281 controller or configure ports. 1282 1283 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1284 1285 I2C_PORT 1286 1287 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1288 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1289 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1290 1291 I2C_ACTIVE 1292 1293 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1294 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1295 define can be null. 1296 1297 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1298 1299 I2C_TRISTATE 1300 1301 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1302 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1303 define can be null. 1304 1305 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1306 1307 I2C_READ 1308 1309 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1310 FALSE if it is low. 1311 1312 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1313 1314 I2C_SDA(bit) 1315 1316 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1317 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1318 1319 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1320 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1321 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1322 1323 I2C_SCL(bit) 1324 1325 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1326 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1327 1328 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1329 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1330 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1331 1332 I2C_DELAY 1333 1334 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1335 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1336 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1337 like: 1338 1339 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1340 1341 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1342 1343 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1344 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1345 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1346 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1347 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1348 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1349 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1350 is run early in the boot sequence. 1351 1352 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1353 1354 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1355 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1356 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1357 1358- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1359 1360 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1361 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1362 D/As on the SACSng board) 1363 1364 CONFIG_SPI_X 1365 1366 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1367 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1368 1369 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1370 1371 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1372 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1373 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1374 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1375 defined, the board configuration must define several 1376 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1377 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1378 1379- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1380 1381 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1382 1383 CONFIG_FPGA 1384 1385 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1386 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1387 1388 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1389 1390 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1391 1392 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1393 1394 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1395 status by the configuration function. This option 1396 will require a board or device specific function to 1397 be written. 1398 1399 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1400 1401 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1402 configuration driver. 1403 1404 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1405 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1406 1407 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1408 1409 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1410 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1411 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1412 indicated a CRC error). 1413 1414 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1415 1416 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1417 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1418 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1419 mS. 1420 1421 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1422 1423 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1424 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1425 1426 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1427 1428 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1429 200 mS. 1430 1431- Configuration Management: 1432 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1433 1434 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1435 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1436 1437- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1438 1439 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1440 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1441 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1442 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1443 protects these variables from casual modification by 1444 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1445 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1446 change this behviour: 1447 1448 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1449 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1450 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1451 these parameters. 1452 1453 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1454 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1455 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1456 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1457 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1458 read-only.] 1459 1460- Protected RAM: 1461 CONFIG_PRAM 1462 1463 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1464 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1465 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1466 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1467 this default value by defining an environment 1468 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1469 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1470 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1471 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1472 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1473 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1474 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1475 1476 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem} 1477 saveenv 1478 1479 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1480 either, which results in a memory region that will 1481 not be affected by reboots. 1482 1483 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1484 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1485 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1486 following board configurations are known to be 1487 "pRAM-clean": 1488 1489 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1490 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1491 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1492 1493- Error Recovery: 1494 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1495 1496 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1497 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1498 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1499 system where you want to system to reboot 1500 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1501 useful during development since you can try to debug 1502 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1503 1504 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1505 1506 This variable defines the number of retries for 1507 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1508 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1509 default value of 5 is used. 1510 1511- Command Interpreter: 1512 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1513 1514 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1515 1516 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1517 1518 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1519 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1520 powerful command line syntax like 1521 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1522 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1523 1524 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1525 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1526 1527 1528 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1529 1530 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1531 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1532 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1533 1534 Note: 1535 1536 In the current implementation, the local variables 1537 space and global environment variables space are 1538 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1539 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1540 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1541 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1542 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1543 1544 Global environment variables are those you use 1545 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1546 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1547 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1548 1549 To store commands and special characters in a 1550 variable, please use double quotation marks 1551 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1552 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1553 symbols. 1554 1555- Commandline Editing and History: 1556 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING 1557 1558 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive 1559 commandline input operations 1560 1561- Default Environment: 1562 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1563 1564 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1565 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1566 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1567 1568 For example, place something like this in your 1569 board's config file: 1570 1571 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1572 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1573 "myvar2=value2\0" 1574 1575 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1576 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1577 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1578 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1579 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1580 You better know what you are doing here. 1581 1582 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1583 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1584 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1585 boot command first. 1586 1587- DataFlash Support: 1588 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1589 1590 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1591 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1592 commands cp, md... 1593 1594- SystemACE Support: 1595 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1596 1597 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1598 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1599 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1600 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1601 1602 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1603 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1604 1605 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1606 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1607 1608- TFTP Fixed UDP Port: 1609 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT 1610 1611 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp 1612 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. 1613 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port 1614 number generator is used. 1615 1616 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply 1617 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't 1618 defined, the normal port 69 is used. 1619 1620 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to 1621 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured 1622 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of 1623 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing 1624 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally. 1625 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, 1626 but sometimes that is not allowed. 1627 1628- Show boot progress: 1629 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1630 1631 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1632 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1633 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1634 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1635 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1636 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1637 1638 Arg Where When 1639 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1640 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1641 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1642 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1643 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1644 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1645 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1646 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1647 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1648 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1649 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1650 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1651 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1652 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1653 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1654 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1655 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1656 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1657 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1658 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1659 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1660 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1661 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1662 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1663 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1664 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1665 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1666 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1667 1668 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1669 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1670 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1671 1672 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1673 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1674 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1675 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1676 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1677 1678 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1679 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1680 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1681 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1682 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1683 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1684 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1685 1686 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1687 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1688 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1689 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1690 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1691 1692 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1693 1694 1695Modem Support: 1696-------------- 1697 1698[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1699 1700- Modem support endable: 1701 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1702 1703- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1704 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1705 1706- Modem debug support: 1707 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1708 1709 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1710 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1711 1712- Interrupt support (PPC): 1713 1714 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1715 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1716 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1717 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1718 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1719 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1720 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1721 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1722 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1723 general timer_interrupt(). 1724 1725- General: 1726 1727 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1728 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1729 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1730 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1731 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1732 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1733 initialization. 1734 1735 If there are no modem init strings in the 1736 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1737 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1738 supressed, though. 1739 1740 See also: doc/README.Modem 1741 1742 1743Configuration Settings: 1744----------------------- 1745 1746- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1747 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1748 1749- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1750 prompt for user input. 1751 1752- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1753 1754- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1755 1756- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1757 1758- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1759 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1760 booted 1761 1762- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1763 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1764 1765- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1766 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1767 1768- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1769 If the board specific function 1770 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1771 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1772 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1773 1774- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1775 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1776 1777- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1778 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1779 1780- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1781 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1782 simple memory test. 1783 1784- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1785 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1786 1787- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1788 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1789 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1790 1791- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1792 Default load address for network file downloads 1793 1794- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1795 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1796 1797- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1798 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1799 1800- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1801 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1802 Cogent motherboard) 1803 1804- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1805 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1806 1807- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1808 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1809 make config files to be same as the text base address 1810 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1811 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1812 1813- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1814 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1815 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1816 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1817 flash sector. 1818 1819- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1820 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1821 1822- CFG_BOOTM_LEN: 1823 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an 1824 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough, 1825 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file 1826 to adjust this setting to your needs. 1827 1828- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1829 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1830 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1831 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1832 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1833 1834- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1835 Max number of Flash memory banks 1836 1837- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1838 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1839 1840- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1841 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1842 1843- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1844 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1845 1846- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1847 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1848 1849- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1850 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1851 1852- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1853 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1854 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1855 1856- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1857 1858 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1859 without this option such a download has to be 1860 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1861 copy from RAM to flash. 1862 1863 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1864 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1865 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1866 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1867 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1868 1869- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1870 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1871 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1872 1873- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1874 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1875 in the drivers directory 1876 1877- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST 1878 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't 1879 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This 1880 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only 1881 optionally available. 1882 1883- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1884 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1885 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1886 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1887 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1888 on high ethernet traffic. 1889 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1890 1891The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1892of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1893following configurations: 1894 1895- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1896 1897 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1898 1899 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1900 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1901 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1902 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1903 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1904 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1905 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1906 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1907 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1908 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1909 between U-Boot and the environment. 1910 1911 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1912 1913 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1914 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1915 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1916 for this sector is given here. 1917 1918 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1919 1920 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1921 1922 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1923 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1924 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1925 1926 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1927 1928 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1929 1930 1931 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1932 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1933 the environment. 1934 1935 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1936 1937 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1938 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1939 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1940 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1941 1942 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1943 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1944 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1945 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1946 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1947 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1948 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1949 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1950 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1951 1952 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1953 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1954 1955 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1956 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1957 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1958 a "saveenv" operation. 1959 1960BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1961source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1962accordingly! 1963 1964 1965- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 1966 1967 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 1968 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 1969 environment. 1970 1971 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1972 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1973 1974 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 1975 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 1976 can just be read and written to, without any special 1977 provision. 1978 1979BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 1980in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 1981console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 1982U-Boot will hang. 1983 1984Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 1985environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 1986keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 1987to save the current settings. 1988 1989 1990- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 1991 1992 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 1993 device and a driver for it. 1994 1995 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1996 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1997 1998 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 1999 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 2000 2001 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 2002 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 2003 The default address is zero. 2004 2005 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 2006 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 2007 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 2008 would require six bits. 2009 2010 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 2011 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 2012 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 2013 2014 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 2015 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 2016 that this is NOT the chip address length! 2017 2018 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 2019 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 2020 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 2021 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 2022 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 2023 byte chips. 2024 2025 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 2026 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 2027 in the chip address. 2028 2029 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 2030 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 2031 2032 2033- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 2034 2035 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 2036 want to use for the environment. 2037 2038 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 2039 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 2040 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2041 2042 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 2043 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 2044 at the specified address. 2045 2046- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 2047 2048 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 2049 for the environment. 2050 2051 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 2052 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 2053 2054 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 2055 area within the first NAND device. 2056 2057 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND 2058 2059 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE 2060 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, 2061 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a 2062 power failure during a "saveenv" operation. 2063 2064 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned 2065 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of 2066 the NAND devices block size. 2067 2068- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 2069 2070 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 2071 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 2072 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 2073 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 2074 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 2075 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 2076 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 2077 2078Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 2079has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 2080created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 2081until then to read environment variables. 2082 2083The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 2084is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 2085with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 2086necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 2087"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 2088have any device yet where we could complain.] 2089 2090Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 2091the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 2092use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 2093 2094- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 2095 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 2096 2097 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 2098 also needs to be defined. 2099 2100- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 2101 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 2102 2103- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 2104 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 2105 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 2106 2107- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 2108 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 2109 2110Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 2111--------------------------------------------------- 2112 2113- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 2114 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 2115 2116- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 2117 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 2118 2119 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 2120 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 2121 the IMMR register after a reset. 2122 2123- Floppy Disk Support: 2124 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 2125 2126 the default drive number (default value 0) 2127 2128 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 2129 2130 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 2131 (default value 1) 2132 2133 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 2134 2135 defines the offset of register from address. It 2136 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 2137 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 2138 2139 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 2140 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 2141 default value. 2142 2143 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 2144 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 2145 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 2146 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 2147 initializations. 2148 2149- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 2150 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 2151 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 2152 2153- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 2154 2155 Start address of memory area that can be used for 2156 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 2157 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 2158 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 2159 will become available only after programming the 2160 memory controller and running certain initialization 2161 sequences. 2162 2163 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2164 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2165 - MPC824X: data cache 2166 - PPC4xx: data cache 2167 2168- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2169 2170 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2171 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2172 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2173 data is located at the end of the available space 2174 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2175 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2176 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2177 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2178 2179 Note: 2180 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2181 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2182 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2183 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2184 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2185 2186- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2187 2188- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2189 2190- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2191 2192- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2193 2194- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2195 2196- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2197 2198- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2199 SDRAM timing 2200 2201- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2202 periodic timer for refresh 2203 2204- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2205 2206- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2207 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2208 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2209 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2210 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2211 2212- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2213 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2214 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2215 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2216 2217- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2218 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2219 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2220 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2221 2222- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2223 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2224 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2225 2226- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2227 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2228 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2229 2230- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2231 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2232 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2233 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2234 2235- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2236 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2237 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2238 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2239 cpm_8260.h. 2240 2241- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2242 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2243 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2244 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2245 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2246 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2247 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2248 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2249 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2250 2251- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2252 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2253 2254- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2255 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2256 to the given FEC; i. e. 2257 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2258 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2259 2260 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2261 2262- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2263 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2264 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2265 2266- CONFIG_RMII 2267 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2268 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2269 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2270 2271- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2272 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2273 The syntax is: 2274 2275 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2276 2277 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2278 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2279 area should have. 2280 2281- CONFIG_LOOPW 2282 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2283 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2284 2285- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2286 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2287 "md/mw" commands. 2288 Examples: 2289 2290 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2291 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2292 2293 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2294 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2295 2296 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2297 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2298 2299- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2300- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2301 2302 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2303 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2304 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2305 not relocate itself into RAM. 2306 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2307 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2308 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2309 performs these intializations itself. 2310 2311 2312Building the Software: 2313====================== 2314 2315Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2316PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2317(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2318NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2319 2320If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2321have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2322with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2323you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2324the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2325change it to: 2326 2327 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2328 2329 2330U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2331sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2332is done by typing: 2333 2334 make NAME_config 2335 2336where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2337configurations; the following names are supported: 2338 2339 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2340 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2341 Alaska8220_config 2342 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2343 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2344 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2345 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2346 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2347 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2348 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2349 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2350 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2351 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2352 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2353 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2354 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config 2355 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2356 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config 2357 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config 2358 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config 2359 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config 2360 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config 2361 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config 2362 omap5912osk_config walnut_config 2363 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config 2364 ZPC1900_config 2365 2366Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2367 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2368 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2369 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2370 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2371 2372 make TQM823L_config 2373 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2374 2375 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2376 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2377 2378 etc. 2379 2380 2381Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2382images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2383 2384- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2385- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2386- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2387 2388 2389Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2390for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2391native "make". 2392 2393 2394If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2395to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2396steps: 2397 23981. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2399 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2400 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2401 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2402 keep this order. 24032. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2404 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2405 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 24063. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2407 your board 24083. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2409 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 24104. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 24115. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2412 to be installed on your target system. 24136. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2414 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2415 2416 2417Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2418============================================================== 2419 2420If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2421or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2422provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2423the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2424official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2425 2426But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2427cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2428the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2429just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2430for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2431select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2432environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2433MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2434 2435 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2436 2437or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2438 2439 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2440 2441See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2442 2443 2444Monitor Commands - Overview: 2445============================ 2446 2447go - start application at address 'addr' 2448run - run commands in an environment variable 2449bootm - boot application image from memory 2450bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2451tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2452 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2453 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2454rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2455diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2456loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2457loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2458md - memory display 2459mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2460nm - memory modify (constant address) 2461mw - memory write (fill) 2462cp - memory copy 2463cmp - memory compare 2464crc32 - checksum calculation 2465imd - i2c memory display 2466imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2467inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2468imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2469icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2470iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2471iloop - infinite loop on address range 2472isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2473sspi - SPI utility commands 2474base - print or set address offset 2475printenv- print environment variables 2476setenv - set environment variables 2477saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2478protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2479erase - erase FLASH memory 2480flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2481bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2482iminfo - print header information for application image 2483coninfo - print console devices and informations 2484ide - IDE sub-system 2485loop - infinite loop on address range 2486loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2487mtest - simple RAM test 2488icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2489dcache - enable or disable data cache 2490reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2491echo - echo args to console 2492version - print monitor version 2493help - print online help 2494? - alias for 'help' 2495 2496 2497Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2498======================================== 2499 2500TODO. 2501 2502For now: just type "help <command>". 2503 2504 2505Environment Variables: 2506====================== 2507 2508U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2509can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2510 2511Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2512"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2513without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2514environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2515working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2516environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2517 2518Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2519 2520 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2521 2522 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2523 2524 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2525 2526 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2527 2528 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2529 2530 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2531 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2532 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2533 load any image using TFTP 2534 2535 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2536 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2537 be automatically started (by internally calling 2538 "bootm") 2539 2540 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2541 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2542 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2543 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2544 data. 2545 2546 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2547 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2548 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2549 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2550 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2551 2552 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2553 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2554 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2555 is usually what you want since it allows for 2556 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2557 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2558 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2559 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2560 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2561 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2562 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2563 2564 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2565 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2566 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2567 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2568 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2569 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2570 2571 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2572 2573 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2574 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2575 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2576 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2577 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2578 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2579 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2580 2581 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2582 2583 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2584 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2585 2586 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2587 2588 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2589 2590 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2591 2592 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2593 2594 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2595 2596 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2597 interface is used first. 2598 2599 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2600 interface is currently active. For example you 2601 can do the following 2602 2603 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2604 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2605 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2606 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2607 2608 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2609 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2610 When set to "once" the network operation will 2611 fail when all the available network interfaces 2612 are tried once without success. 2613 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2614 themselves. 2615 2616 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 2617 UDP source port. 2618 2619 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP 2620 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69. 2621 2622 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2623 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2624 VLAN tagged frames. 2625 2626The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2627updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2628depending the information provided by your boot server: 2629 2630 bootfile - see above 2631 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2632 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2633 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2634 hostname - Target hostname 2635 ipaddr - see above 2636 netmask - Subnet Mask 2637 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2638 serverip - see above 2639 2640 2641There are two special Environment Variables: 2642 2643 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2644 as type string and/or serial number 2645 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2646 2647These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2648the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2649once they have been set once. 2650 2651 2652Further special Environment Variables: 2653 2654 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2655 with the "version" command. This variable is 2656 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2657 2658 2659Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2660only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2661 2662 2663Command Line Parsing: 2664===================== 2665 2666There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2667the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2668 2669Old, simple command line parser: 2670-------------------------------- 2671 2672- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2673- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2674- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax 2675- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2676 for example: 2677 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address} 2678- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2679 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2680 2681Hush shell: 2682----------- 2683 2684- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2685 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2686 until...do...done, ... 2687- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2688 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2689 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2690 command 2691 2692General rules: 2693-------------- 2694 2695(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2696 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2697 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2698 executed anyway. 2699 2700(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2701 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2702 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2703 variables are not executed. 2704 2705Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2706======================================= 2707 2708Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2709such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2710"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2711 2712Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2713MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2714"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2715 2716If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2717in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2718ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2719variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2720 2721o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2722 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2723 2724o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2725 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2726 used. 2727 2728o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2729 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2730 2731o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2732 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2733 warning is printed. 2734 2735o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2736 is raised. 2737 2738 2739Image Formats: 2740============== 2741 2742The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2743can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2744definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2745defines the following image properties: 2746 2747* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2748 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2749 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2750 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2751* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 2752 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2753 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2754* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2755* Load Address 2756* Entry Point 2757* Image Name 2758* Image Timestamp 2759 2760The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2761and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2762CRC32 checksums. 2763 2764 2765Linux Support: 2766============== 2767 2768Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2769easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2770U-Boot. 2771 2772U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2773special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2774"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2775instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2776serves several purposes: 2777 2778- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2779 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2780 Flash memory footprint) 2781 2782- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2783 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2784 2785- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2786 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2787 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2788 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2789 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2790 software is easier now. 2791 2792 2793Linux HOWTO: 2794============ 2795 2796Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2797--------------------------------------- 2798 2799U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2800configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2801(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2802Linux :-). 2803 2804But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2805 2806Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2807include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2808Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2809sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2810U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2811 2812 2813Configuring the Linux kernel: 2814----------------------------- 2815 2816No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2817device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2818 2819 2820Building a Linux Image: 2821----------------------- 2822 2823With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2824not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2825"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2826U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2827which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2828100% compatible format. 2829 2830Example: 2831 2832 make TQM850L_config 2833 make oldconfig 2834 make dep 2835 make uImage 2836 2837The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2838encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2839CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2840 2841* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2842 2843* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2844 2845 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2846 -R .note -R .comment \ 2847 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2848 2849* compress the binary image: 2850 2851 gzip -9 linux.bin 2852 2853* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2854 2855 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2856 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2857 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2858 2859 2860The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2861with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2862combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2863byte header containing information about target architecture, 2864operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2865stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2866 2867"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2868print the header information, or to build new images. 2869 2870In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2871contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2872checksum verification: 2873 2874 tools/mkimage -l image 2875 -l ==> list image header information 2876 2877The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2878from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2879 2880 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2881 -n name -d data_file image 2882 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2883 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2884 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2885 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2886 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2887 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2888 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2889 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2890 2891Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2892address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2893kernel version: 2894 2895- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2896- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2897 2898So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2899 2900 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2901 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2902 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2903 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2904 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2905 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2906 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2907 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2908 Load Address: 0x00000000 2909 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2910 2911To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 2912 2913 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 2914 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2915 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2916 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2917 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2918 Load Address: 0x00000000 2919 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2920 2921NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 2922speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 2923needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 2924need to be uncompressed: 2925 2926 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 2927 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2928 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 2929 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 2930 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 2931 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2932 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2933 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 2934 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 2935 Load Address: 0x00000000 2936 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2937 2938 2939Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 2940when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 2941 2942 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 2943 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 2944 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 2945 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2946 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 2947 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2948 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 2949 Load Address: 0x00000000 2950 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2951 2952 2953Installing a Linux Image: 2954------------------------- 2955 2956To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 2957you must convert the image to S-Record format: 2958 2959 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 2960 2961The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 2962image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 2963address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 2964specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 2965command. 2966 2967Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 2968TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 2969 2970 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 2971 2972 .......... done 2973 Erased 8 sectors 2974 2975 => loads 40100000 2976 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2977 ~>examples/image.srec 2978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 2979 ... 2980 15989 15990 15991 15992 2981 [file transfer complete] 2982 [connected] 2983 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 2984 2985 2986You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 2987this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 2988corruption happened: 2989 2990 => imi 40100000 2991 2992 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2993 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2994 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2995 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2996 Load Address: 00000000 2997 Entry Point: 0000000c 2998 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2999 3000 3001Boot Linux: 3002----------- 3003 3004The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 3005memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 3006of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 3007parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 3008"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 3009 3010 3011 => printenv bootargs 3012 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 3013 3014 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3015 3016 => printenv bootargs 3017 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3018 3019 => bootm 40020000 3020 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 3021 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 3022 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3023 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 3024 Load Address: 00000000 3025 Entry Point: 0000000c 3026 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3027 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3028 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 3029 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3030 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3031 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3032 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 3033 ... 3034 3035If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 3036the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 3037format!) to the "bootm" command: 3038 3039 => imi 40100000 40200000 3040 3041 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 3042 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3043 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3044 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3045 Load Address: 00000000 3046 Entry Point: 0000000c 3047 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3048 3049 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 3050 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3051 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3052 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3053 Load Address: 00000000 3054 Entry Point: 00000000 3055 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3056 3057 => bootm 40100000 40200000 3058 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 3059 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3060 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3061 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3062 Load Address: 00000000 3063 Entry Point: 0000000c 3064 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3065 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3066 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 3067 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3068 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3069 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3070 Load Address: 00000000 3071 Entry Point: 00000000 3072 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3073 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 3074 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 3075 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 3076 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3077 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3078 ... 3079 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 3080 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 3081 3082 bash# 3083 3084More About U-Boot Image Types: 3085------------------------------ 3086 3087U-Boot supports the following image types: 3088 3089 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 3090 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 3091 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 3092 the Standalone Program. 3093 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 3094 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 3095 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 3096 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 3097 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 3098 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 3099 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 3100 being started. 3101 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 3102 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 3103 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 3104 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 3105 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 3106 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 3107 3108 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 3109 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 3110 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 3111 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 3112 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 3113 a multiple of 4 bytes). 3114 3115 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 3116 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 3117 flash memory. 3118 3119 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 3120 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 3121 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 3122 as command interpreter. 3123 3124 3125Standalone HOWTO: 3126================= 3127 3128One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 3129run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 3130U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 3131 3132Two simple examples are included with the sources: 3133 3134"Hello World" Demo: 3135------------------- 3136 3137'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 3138application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 3139It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 3140like that: 3141 3142 => loads 3143 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3144 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 3145 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3146 [file transfer complete] 3147 [connected] 3148 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3149 3150 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 3151 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3152 Hello World 3153 argc = 7 3154 argv[0] = "40004" 3155 argv[1] = "Hello" 3156 argv[2] = "World!" 3157 argv[3] = "This" 3158 argv[4] = "is" 3159 argv[5] = "a" 3160 argv[6] = "test." 3161 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 3162 Hit any key to exit ... 3163 3164 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3165 3166Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 3167handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 3168Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 3169The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 3170character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 3171controlled by the following keys: 3172 3173 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3174 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3175 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3176 q - quit application 3177 3178 => loads 3179 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3180 ~>examples/timer.srec 3181 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3182 [file transfer complete] 3183 [connected] 3184 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3185 3186 => go 40004 3187 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3188 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3189 Using timer 1 3190 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3191 3192Hit 'b': 3193 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3194 Enabling timer 3195Hit '?': 3196 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3197 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3198Hit '?': 3199 [q, b, e, ?] . 3200 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3201Hit '?': 3202 [q, b, e, ?] . 3203 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3204Hit '?': 3205 [q, b, e, ?] . 3206 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3207Hit 'e': 3208 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3209Hit 'q': 3210 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3211 3212 3213Minicom warning: 3214================ 3215 3216Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3217"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3218consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3219Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3220especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3221use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3222 3223Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3224configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3225 3226 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3227 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3228 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3229 3230 3231NetBSD Notes: 3232============= 3233 3234Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3235(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3236 3237Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3238NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3239need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3240Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3241attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3242missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3243 3244 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3245 # mkdir powerpc 3246 # ln -s powerpc machine 3247 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3248 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3249 3250Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3251and U-Boot include files. 3252 3253Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3254stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3255proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3256tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3257meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3258 3259 3260Implementation Internals: 3261========================= 3262 3263The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3264implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3265inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3266hardware. 3267 3268 3269Initial Stack, Global Data: 3270--------------------------- 3271 3272The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3273starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3274system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3275This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3276is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3277at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3278options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3279models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3280MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3281locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3282 3283 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3284 u-boot-users mailing list: 3285 3286 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3287 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3288 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3289 ... 3290 3291 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3292 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3293 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3294 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3295 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3296 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3297 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3298 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3299 3300 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3301 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3302 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3303 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3304 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3305 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3306 used. 3307 3308 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3309 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3310 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3311 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3312 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3313 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3314 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3315 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3316 you get the config right. 3317 3318 -Chris Hallinan 3319 DS4.COM, Inc. 3320 3321It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3322code for the initialization procedures: 3323 3324* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3325 to write it. 3326 3327* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3328 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3329 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3330 3331* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3332 that. 3333 3334Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3335normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3336turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3337simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3338functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3339functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3340the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3341place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3342reserve for this purpose. 3343 3344When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3345relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3346GCC's implementation. 3347 3348For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3349 R1: stack pointer 3350 R2: TOC pointer 3351 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3352 R5-R10: parameter passing 3353 R13: small data area pointer 3354 R30: GOT pointer 3355 R31: frame pointer 3356 3357 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3358 3359 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3360 3361 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3362 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3363 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3364 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3365 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3366 624 text + 127 data). 3367 3368On ARM, the following registers are used: 3369 3370 R0: function argument word/integer result 3371 R1-R3: function argument word 3372 R9: GOT pointer 3373 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3374 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3375 R12: temporary workspace 3376 R13: stack pointer 3377 R14: link register 3378 R15: program counter 3379 3380 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3381 3382NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope, 3383or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much. 3384 3385Memory Management: 3386------------------ 3387 3388U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3389MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3390 3391The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3392controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3393memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3394physical memory banks. 3395 3396U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3397TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3398booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3399to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3400memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3401configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3402Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3403 3404Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3405of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3406 3407So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3408this: 3409 3410 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3411 : 3412 0x0000 1FFF 3413 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3414 : 3415 : 3416 3417 : 3418 : 3419 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3420 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3421 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3422 : 3423 0x00FD FFFF 3424 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3425 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3426 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3427 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3428 3429 3430System Initialization: 3431---------------------- 3432 3433In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3434(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3435configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3436To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3437To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3438initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3439which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3440part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3441the caches and the SIU. 3442 3443Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3444preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3445(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3446on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3447programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3448simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3449banks. 3450 3451When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3452different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3453bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 34540x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3455contiguous memory starting from 0. 3456 3457Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3458and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3459Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3460pages, and the final stack is set up. 3461 3462Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3463until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3464running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3465new address in RAM. 3466 3467 3468U-Boot Porting Guide: 3469---------------------- 3470 3471[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3472list, October 2002] 3473 3474 3475int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3476{ 3477 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3478 3479 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3480 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3481 3482 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3483 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3484 return 0; 3485 } 3486 3487 Download latest U-Boot source; 3488 3489 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3490 3491 if (clueless) { 3492 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3493 } 3494 3495 while (learning) { 3496 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3497 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3498 Read the source, Luke; 3499 } 3500 3501 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3502 Buy a BDI2000; 3503 } else { 3504 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3505 } 3506 3507 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3508 3509 Create your own board config file; 3510 3511 while (!running) { 3512 do { 3513 Add / modify source code; 3514 } until (compiles); 3515 Debug; 3516 if (clueless) 3517 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3518 } 3519 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3520 3521 return 0; 3522} 3523 3524void no_more_time (int sig) 3525{ 3526 hire_a_guru(); 3527} 3528 3529 3530Coding Standards: 3531----------------- 3532 3533All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3534coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux 3535kernel source directory. 3536 3537Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts 3538in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style 3539comments (//) in your code. 3540 3541Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3542- remove any trailing white space 3543- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3544- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3545- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3546- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3547 3548Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3549with a request to reformat the changes. 3550 3551 3552Submitting Patches: 3553------------------- 3554 3555Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3556establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3557may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3558 3559Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3560 3561When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3562it: 3563 3564* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3565 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3566 patch actually fixes something. 3567 3568* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3569 implementation. 3570 3571* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3572 3573* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3574 3575* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3576 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3577 3578* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3579 document these in the README file. 3580 3581* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3582 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3583 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3584 version of GNU diff. 3585 3586 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3587 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3588 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3589 directory information for the affected files). 3590 3591 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3592 gzipped text. 3593 3594* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3595 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3596 3597* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3598 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3599 3600 3601Notes: 3602 3603* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3604 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3605 for any of the boards. 3606 3607* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3608 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3609 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3610 3611* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3612 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3613 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3614 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3615 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3616 modification. 3617 3618* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3619 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3620