1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 148 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs 149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 154- drivers Commonly used device drivers 155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 157- include Header Files 158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 165- net Networking code 166- post Power On Self Test 167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 169 170Software Configuration: 171======================= 172 173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 175 176There are two classes of configuration variables: 177 178* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 180 "CONFIG_". 181 182* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 185 "CFG_". 186 187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 191as an example here. 192 193 194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 195--------------------------------------------------- 196 197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 199 200Example: For a TQM823L module type: 201 202 cd u-boot 203 make TQM823L_config 204 205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 208 209 210Configuration Options: 211---------------------- 212 213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 214such information is kept in a configuration file 215"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 216 217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 218"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 219 220 221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 223build a config tool - later. 224 225 226The following options need to be configured: 227 228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 229 230 PowerPC based CPUs: 231 ------------------- 232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 234 or CONFIG_MPC8220 235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 237 or CONFIG_IOP480 238 or CONFIG_405GP 239 or CONFIG_405EP 240 or CONFIG_440 241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 242 or CONFIG_750FX 243 244 ARM based CPUs: 245 --------------- 246 CONFIG_SA1110 247 CONFIG_ARM7 248 CONFIG_PXA250 249 250 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 251 ---------------------- 252 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 253 254 Nios-2 based CPUs: 255 ---------------------- 256 CONFIG_NIOS2 257 258 259- Board Type: Define exactly one of 260 261 PowerPC based boards: 262 --------------------- 263 264 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCIPPC2 265 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC6 266 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_pcu_e 267 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_PIP405 268 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PM826 269 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_ppmc8260 270 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_QS823 271 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS850 272 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS860T 273 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_RBC823 274 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RPXClassic 275 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXlite 276 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXsuper 277 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_rsdproto 278 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_sacsng 279 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 280 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 281 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_sbc8260 282 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560 283 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850 284 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS 285 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3 286 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T 287 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L 288 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 289 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L 290 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L 291 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L 292 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech 293 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245 294 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37 295 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC 296 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG 297 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT 298 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900 299 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA 300 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_OXC 301 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_PCI405 302 303 ARM based boards: 304 ----------------- 305 306 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, 307 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DNP1110, CONFIG_EP7312, 308 CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, CONFIG_IMPA7, 309 CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, CONFIG_KB9202, 310 CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400, CONFIG_LUBBOCK, 311 CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, CONFIG_SHANNON, 312 CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, 313 CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9 314 315 MicroBlaze based boards: 316 ------------------------ 317 318 CONFIG_SUZAKU 319 320 Nios-2 based boards: 321 ------------------------ 322 323 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 324 325 326- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 327 Define exactly one of 328 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 329--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 330 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 331 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 332 333- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 334 Define exactly one of 335 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 336 337- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 338 Define one or more of 339 CONFIG_CMA302 340 341- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 342 Define one or more of 343 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 344 the lcd display every second with 345 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 346 347- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 348 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 349 Possible values are: 350 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 351 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 352 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 353 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 354 355- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 356 Define exactly one of 357 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 358 359- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 360 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 361 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 362 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 363 reference PIT/RTC clock 364 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 365 or XTAL/EXTAL) 366 367- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 368 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 369 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 370 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 371 See doc/README.MPC866 372 373 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 374 375 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 376 of relying on the correctness of the configured 377 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 378 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 379 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 380 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 381 382- Linux Kernel Interface: 383 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 384 385 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 386 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 387 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 388 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 389 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 390 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 391 Linux kernel. 392 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 393 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 394 default environment. 395 396 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 397 398 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 399 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 400 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 401 402- Serial Ports: 403 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 404 405 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 406 407 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 408 409 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 410 411 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 412 413 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 414 the clock speed of the UARTs. 415 416 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 417 418 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 419 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 420 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 421 422 423- Console Interface: 424 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 425 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 426 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 427 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 428 429 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 430 port routines must be defined elsewhere 431 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 432 433 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 434 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 435 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 436 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 437 (default big endian) 438 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 439 rectangle fill 440 (cf. smiLynxEM) 441 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 442 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 443 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 444 (cols=pitch) 445 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 446 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 447 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 448 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 449 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 450 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 451 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 452 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 453 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 454 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 455 (i.e. i8042_getc) 456 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 457 (requires blink timer 458 cf. i8042.c) 459 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 460 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 461 upper right corner 462 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 463 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 464 upper left corner 465 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 466 linux_logo.h for logo. 467 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 468 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 469 addional board info beside 470 the logo 471 472 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 473 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 474 environment 'console=serial'. 475 476 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 477 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 478 the "silent" environment variable. See 479 doc/README.silent for more information. 480 481- Console Baudrate: 482 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 483 Select one of the baudrates listed in 484 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 485 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 486 487- Interrupt driven serial port input: 488 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 489 490 PPC405GP only. 491 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 492 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 493 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 494 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 495 496 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 497 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 498 499- Console UART Number: 500 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 501 502 AMCC PPC4xx only. 503 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 504 as default U-Boot console. 505 506- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 507 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 508 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 509 510 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 511 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 512 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 513 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 518 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 519 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 520 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 521 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 522 523- Autoboot Command: 524 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 525 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 526 define a command string that is automatically executed 527 when no character is read on the console interface 528 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 529 530 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 531 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 532 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 533 environment value "bootargs". 534 535 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 536 The value of these goes into the environment as 537 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 538 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 539 ram and nfs. 540 541- Pre-Boot Commands: 542 CONFIG_PREBOOT 543 544 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 545 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 546 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 547 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 548 entering interactive mode. 549 550 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 551 automatically generated or modified. For an example 552 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 553 modified when the user holds down a certain 554 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 555 booting the systems 556 557- Serial Download Echo Mode: 558 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 559 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 560 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 561 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 562 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 563 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 564 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 565 566- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 567 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 568 Select one of the baudrates listed in 569 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 570 571- Monitor Functions: 572 CONFIG_COMMANDS 573 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 574 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 575 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 576 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 577 following values: 578 579 #define enables commands: 580 ------------------------- 581 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 582 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 583 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 584 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 585 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 586 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 587 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 588 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 589 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 590 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 591 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 592 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 593 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 594 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 595 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments 596 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 597 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 598 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 599 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 600 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 601 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 602 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 603 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 604 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 605 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 606 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 607 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 608 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 609 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 610 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 611 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 612 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 613 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 614 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 615 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 616 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 617 loop, loopw, mtest 618 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 619 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 620 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 621 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 622 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 623 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 624 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 625 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 626 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 627 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 628 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 629 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 630 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 631 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 632 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 633 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 634 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 635 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 636 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 637 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 638 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 639 ----------------------------------------------- 640 CFG_CMD_ALL all 641 642 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 643 this is includes all commands, except 644 the ones marked with "*" in the list 645 above. 646 647 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 648 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 649 override the default settings in the respective 650 include file. 651 652 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 653 support you can write: 654 655 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 656 657 658 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 659 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 660 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 661 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 662 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 663 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 664 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 665 initial stack and some data. 666 667 668 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 669 670- Watchdog: 671 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 672 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 673 support. There must be support in the platform specific 674 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 675 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 676 register. 677 678- U-Boot Version: 679 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 680 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 681 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 682 version as printed by the "version" command. 683 This variable is readonly. 684 685- Real-Time Clock: 686 687 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 688 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 689 following options: 690 691 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 692 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 693 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 694 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 695 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 696 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 697 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 698 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 699 700 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 701 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 702 703- Timestamp Support: 704 705 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 706 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 707 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 708 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 709 710- Partition Support: 711 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 712 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 713 714 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 715 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 716 one partition type as well. 717 718- IDE Reset method: 719 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 720 board configurations files but used nowhere! 721 722 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 723 be performed by calling the function 724 ide_set_reset(int reset) 725 which has to be defined in a board specific file 726 727- ATAPI Support: 728 CONFIG_ATAPI 729 730 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 731 732- LBA48 Support 733 CONFIG_LBA48 734 735 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 736 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 737 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 738 support disks up to 2.1TB. 739 740 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 741 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 742 Default is 32bit. 743 744- SCSI Support: 745 At the moment only there is only support for the 746 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 747 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 748 749 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 750 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 751 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 752 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 753 devices. 754 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 755 756- NETWORK Support (PCI): 757 CONFIG_E1000 758 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 759 760 CONFIG_EEPRO100 761 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 762 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 763 write routine for first time initialisation. 764 765 CONFIG_TULIP 766 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 767 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 768 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 769 770 CONFIG_NATSEMI 771 Support for National dp83815 chips. 772 773 CONFIG_NS8382X 774 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 775 776- NETWORK Support (other): 777 778 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 779 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 780 781 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 782 Define this to hold the physical address 783 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 784 785 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 786 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 787 788 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 789 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 790 791 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 792 Define this to hold the physical address 793 of the device (I/O space) 794 795 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 796 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 797 798 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 799 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 800 (some hardware wont work with macros) 801 802- USB Support: 803 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 804 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 805 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 806 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 807 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 808 storage devices. 809 Note: 810 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 811 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 812 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 813 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 814 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 815 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 816 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 817 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 818 819 820- MMC Support: 821 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 822 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 823 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 824 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 825 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 826 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 827 828- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 829 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 830 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 831 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 832 833 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 834 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 835 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 836 837 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 838 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 839 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 840 841 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 842 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 843 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 844 have not defined a custom partition 845 846- Keyboard Support: 847 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 848 849 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 850 support 851 852 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 853 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 854 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 855 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 856 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 857 858- Video support: 859 CONFIG_VIDEO 860 861 Define this to enable video support (for output to 862 video). 863 864 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 865 866 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 867 868 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 869 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 870 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 871 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 872 assumed. 873 874 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 875 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 876 are possible: 877 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 878 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 879 880 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 881 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 882 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 883 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 884 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 885 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 886 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 887 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 888 889 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 890 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 891 892 893 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 894 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 895 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 896 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 897 898- Keyboard Support: 899 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 900 901 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 902 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 903 defined in your board-specific files. 904 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 905 906- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 907 908 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 909 display); also select one of the supported displays 910 by defining one of these: 911 912 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 913 914 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 915 916 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 917 918 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 919 Active, color, single scan. 920 921 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 922 923 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 924 Active, color, single scan. 925 926 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 927 928 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 929 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 930 931 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 932 933 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 934 Active, color, single scan. 935 936 CONFIG_HLD1045 937 938 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 939 Active, color, single scan. 940 941 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 942 943 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 944 or 945 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 946 or 947 Hitachi SP14Q002 948 949 320x240. Black & white. 950 951 Normally display is black on white background; define 952 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 953 954- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 955 956 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 957 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 958 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 959 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 960 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 961 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 962 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 963 loaded very quickly after power-on. 964 965- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP 966 967 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP 968 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the 969 splashscreen support or the bmp command. 970 971- Compression support: 972 CONFIG_BZIP2 973 974 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 975 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 976 compressed images are supported. 977 978 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 979 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 980 be at least 4MB. 981 982- MII/PHY support: 983 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 984 985 The address of PHY on MII bus. 986 987 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 988 989 The clock frequency of the MII bus 990 991 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 992 993 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 994 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 995 996 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 997 998 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 999 reset before any MII register access is possible. 1000 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 1001 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1002 1003 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1004 1005 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1006 command issued before MII status register can be read 1007 1008- Ethernet address: 1009 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1010 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1011 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1012 1013 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1014 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1015 is not determined automatically. 1016 1017- IP address: 1018 CONFIG_IPADDR 1019 1020 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1021 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1022 determined through e.g. bootp. 1023 1024- Server IP address: 1025 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1026 1027 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1028 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1029 1030- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1031 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1032 1033 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1034 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1035 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1036 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1037 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1038 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1039 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1040 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1041 following delays are insterted then: 1042 1043 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1044 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1045 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1046 4th and following 1047 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1048 1049- DHCP Advanced Options: 1050 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1051 1052 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1053 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1054 1055 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1056 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1057 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1058 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1059 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1060 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1061 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1062 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1063 1064 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1065 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1066 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1067 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1068 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1069 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1070 the DHCP server. 1071 1072 - CDP Options: 1073 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1074 1075 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1076 1077 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1078 1079 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1080 of the device. 1081 1082 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1083 1084 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1085 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1086 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1087 1088 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1089 1090 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1091 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1092 1093 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1094 1095 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1096 1097 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1098 1099 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1100 1101 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1102 1103 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1104 1105 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1106 1107 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1108 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1109 1110 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1111 1112 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1113 1114- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1115 1116 Several configurations allow to display the current 1117 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1118 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1119 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1120 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1121 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1122 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1123 feature in U-Boot. 1124 1125- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1126 1127 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1128 on those systems that support this (optional) 1129 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1130 1131- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1132 1133 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1134 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1135 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1136 1137 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1138 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1139 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1140 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1141 command line interface. 1142 1143 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C. 1144 1145 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1146 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1147 support for I2C. 1148 1149 There are several other quantities that must also be 1150 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1151 1152 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1153 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1154 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1155 the cpu's i2c node address). 1156 1157 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1158 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1159 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1160 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1161 1162 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1163 1164 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1165 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1166 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1167 1168 I2C_INIT 1169 1170 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1171 controller or configure ports. 1172 1173 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1174 1175 I2C_PORT 1176 1177 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1178 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1179 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1180 1181 I2C_ACTIVE 1182 1183 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1184 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1185 define can be null. 1186 1187 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1188 1189 I2C_TRISTATE 1190 1191 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1192 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1193 define can be null. 1194 1195 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1196 1197 I2C_READ 1198 1199 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1200 FALSE if it is low. 1201 1202 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1203 1204 I2C_SDA(bit) 1205 1206 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1207 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1208 1209 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1210 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1211 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1212 1213 I2C_SCL(bit) 1214 1215 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1216 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1217 1218 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1219 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1220 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1221 1222 I2C_DELAY 1223 1224 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1225 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1226 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1227 like: 1228 1229 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1230 1231 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1232 1233 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1234 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1235 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1236 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1237 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1238 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1239 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1240 is run early in the boot sequence. 1241 1242 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1243 1244 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1245 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1246 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1247 1248- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1249 1250 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1251 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1252 D/As on the SACSng board) 1253 1254 CONFIG_SPI_X 1255 1256 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1257 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1258 1259 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1260 1261 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1262 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1263 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1264 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1265 defined, the board configuration must define several 1266 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1267 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1268 1269- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1270 1271 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1272 1273 CONFIG_FPGA 1274 1275 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1276 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1277 1278 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1279 1280 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1281 1282 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1283 1284 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1285 status by the configuration function. This option 1286 will require a board or device specific function to 1287 be written. 1288 1289 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1290 1291 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1292 configuration driver. 1293 1294 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1295 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1296 1297 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1298 1299 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1300 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1301 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1302 indicated a CRC error). 1303 1304 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1305 1306 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1307 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1308 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1309 mS. 1310 1311 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1312 1313 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1314 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1315 1316 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1317 1318 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1319 200 mS. 1320 1321- Configuration Management: 1322 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1323 1324 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1325 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1326 1327- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1328 1329 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1330 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1331 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1332 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1333 protects these variables from casual modification by 1334 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1335 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1336 change this behviour: 1337 1338 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1339 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1340 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1341 these parameters. 1342 1343 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1344 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1345 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1346 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1347 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1348 read-only.] 1349 1350- Protected RAM: 1351 CONFIG_PRAM 1352 1353 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1354 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1355 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1356 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1357 this default value by defining an environment 1358 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1359 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1360 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1361 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1362 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1363 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1364 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1365 1366 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem) 1367 saveenv 1368 1369 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1370 either, which results in a memory region that will 1371 not be affected by reboots. 1372 1373 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1374 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1375 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1376 following board configurations are known to be 1377 "pRAM-clean": 1378 1379 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1380 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1381 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1382 1383- Error Recovery: 1384 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1385 1386 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1387 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1388 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1389 system where you want to system to reboot 1390 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1391 useful during development since you can try to debug 1392 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1393 1394 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1395 1396 This variable defines the number of retries for 1397 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1398 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1399 default value of 5 is used. 1400 1401- Command Interpreter: 1402 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1403 1404 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1405 1406 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1407 1408 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1409 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1410 powerful command line syntax like 1411 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1412 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1413 1414 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1415 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1416 1417 1418 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1419 1420 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1421 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1422 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1423 1424 Note: 1425 1426 In the current implementation, the local variables 1427 space and global environment variables space are 1428 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1429 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1430 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1431 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1432 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1433 1434 Global environment variables are those you use 1435 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1436 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1437 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1438 1439 To store commands and special characters in a 1440 variable, please use double quotation marks 1441 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1442 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1443 symbols. 1444 1445- Default Environment: 1446 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1447 1448 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1449 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1450 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1451 1452 For example, place something like this in your 1453 board's config file: 1454 1455 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1456 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1457 "myvar2=value2\0" 1458 1459 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1460 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1461 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1462 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1463 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1464 You better know what you are doing here. 1465 1466 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1467 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1468 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1469 boot command first. 1470 1471- DataFlash Support: 1472 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1473 1474 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1475 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1476 commands cp, md... 1477 1478- SystemACE Support: 1479 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1480 1481 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1482 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1483 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1484 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1485 1486 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1487 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1488 1489 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1490 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1491 1492- TFTP Fixed UDP Port: 1493 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT 1494 1495 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp 1496 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. 1497 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port 1498 number generator is used. 1499 1500 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply 1501 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't 1502 defined, the normal port 69 is used. 1503 1504 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to 1505 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured 1506 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of 1507 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing 1508 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally. 1509 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, 1510 but sometimes that is not allowed. 1511 1512- Show boot progress: 1513 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1514 1515 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1516 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1517 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1518 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1519 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1520 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1521 1522 Arg Where When 1523 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1524 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1525 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1526 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1527 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1528 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1529 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1530 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1531 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1532 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1533 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1534 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1535 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1536 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1537 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1538 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1539 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1540 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1541 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1542 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1543 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1544 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1545 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1546 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1547 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1548 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1549 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1550 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1551 1552 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1553 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1554 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1555 1556 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1557 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1558 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1559 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1560 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1561 1562 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1563 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1564 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1565 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1566 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1567 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1568 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1569 1570 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1571 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1572 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1573 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1574 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1575 1576 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1577 1578 1579Modem Support: 1580-------------- 1581 1582[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1583 1584- Modem support endable: 1585 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1586 1587- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1588 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1589 1590- Modem debug support: 1591 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1592 1593 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1594 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1595 1596- Interrupt support (PPC): 1597 1598 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1599 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1600 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1601 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1602 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1603 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1604 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1605 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1606 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1607 general timer_interrupt(). 1608 1609- General: 1610 1611 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1612 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1613 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1614 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1615 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1616 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1617 initialization. 1618 1619 If there are no modem init strings in the 1620 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1621 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1622 supressed, though. 1623 1624 See also: doc/README.Modem 1625 1626 1627Configuration Settings: 1628----------------------- 1629 1630- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1631 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1632 1633- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1634 prompt for user input. 1635 1636- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1637 1638- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1639 1640- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1641 1642- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1643 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1644 booted 1645 1646- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1647 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1648 1649- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1650 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1651 1652- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1653 If the board specific function 1654 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1655 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1656 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1657 1658- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1659 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1660 1661- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1662 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1663 1664- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1665 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1666 simple memory test. 1667 1668- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1669 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1670 1671- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1672 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1673 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1674 1675- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1676 Default load address for network file downloads 1677 1678- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1679 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1680 1681- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1682 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1683 1684- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1685 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1686 Cogent motherboard) 1687 1688- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1689 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1690 1691- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1692 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1693 make config files to be same as the text base address 1694 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1695 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1696 1697- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1698 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1699 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1700 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1701 flash sector. 1702 1703- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1704 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1705 1706- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1707 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1708 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1709 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1710 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1711 1712- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1713 Max number of Flash memory banks 1714 1715- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1716 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1717 1718- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1719 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1720 1721- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1722 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1723 1724- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1725 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1726 1727- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1728 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1729 1730- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1731 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1732 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1733 1734- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1735 1736 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1737 without this option such a download has to be 1738 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1739 copy from RAM to flash. 1740 1741 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1742 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1743 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1744 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1745 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1746 1747- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1748 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1749 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1750 1751- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1752 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1753 in the drivers directory 1754 1755- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1756 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1757 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1758 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1759 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1760 on high ethernet traffic. 1761 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1762 1763The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1764of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1765following configurations: 1766 1767- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1768 1769 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1770 1771 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1772 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1773 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1774 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1775 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1776 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1777 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1778 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1779 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1780 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1781 between U-Boot and the environment. 1782 1783 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1784 1785 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1786 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1787 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1788 for this sector is given here. 1789 1790 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1791 1792 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1793 1794 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1795 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1796 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1797 1798 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1799 1800 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1801 1802 1803 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1804 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1805 the environment. 1806 1807 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1808 1809 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1810 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1811 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1812 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1813 1814 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1815 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1816 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1817 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1818 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1819 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1820 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1821 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1822 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1823 1824 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1825 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1826 1827 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1828 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1829 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1830 a "saveenv" operation. 1831 1832BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1833source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1834accordingly! 1835 1836 1837- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 1838 1839 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 1840 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 1841 environment. 1842 1843 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1844 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1845 1846 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 1847 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 1848 can just be read and written to, without any special 1849 provision. 1850 1851BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 1852in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 1853console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 1854U-Boot will hang. 1855 1856Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 1857environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 1858keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 1859to save the current settings. 1860 1861 1862- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 1863 1864 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 1865 device and a driver for it. 1866 1867 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1868 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1869 1870 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 1871 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 1872 1873 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 1874 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 1875 The default address is zero. 1876 1877 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 1878 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 1879 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 1880 would require six bits. 1881 1882 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 1883 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 1884 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 1885 1886 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 1887 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 1888 that this is NOT the chip address length! 1889 1890 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 1891 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 1892 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 1893 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 1894 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 1895 byte chips. 1896 1897 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 1898 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 1899 in the chip address. 1900 1901 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 1902 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 1903 1904 1905- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 1906 1907 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 1908 want to use for the environment. 1909 1910 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1911 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1912 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1913 1914 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 1915 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 1916 at the specified address. 1917 1918- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 1919 1920 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 1921 for the environment. 1922 1923 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1924 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1925 1926 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 1927 area within the first NAND device. 1928 1929- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 1930 1931 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 1932 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 1933 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 1934 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 1935 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 1936 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 1937 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 1938 1939Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 1940has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 1941created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 1942until then to read environment variables. 1943 1944The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 1945is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 1946with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 1947necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 1948"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 1949have any device yet where we could complain.] 1950 1951Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 1952the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 1953use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 1954 1955- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 1956 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 1957 1958 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 1959 also needs to be defined. 1960 1961- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 1962 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 1963 1964- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 1965 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 1966 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 1967 1968- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 1969 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 1970 1971Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 1972--------------------------------------------------- 1973 1974- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 1975 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 1976 1977- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 1978 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 1979 1980 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 1981 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 1982 the IMMR register after a reset. 1983 1984- Floppy Disk Support: 1985 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 1986 1987 the default drive number (default value 0) 1988 1989 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 1990 1991 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 1992 (default value 1) 1993 1994 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 1995 1996 defines the offset of register from address. It 1997 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 1998 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 1999 2000 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 2001 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 2002 default value. 2003 2004 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 2005 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 2006 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 2007 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 2008 initializations. 2009 2010- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 2011 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 2012 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 2013 2014- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 2015 2016 Start address of memory area that can be used for 2017 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 2018 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 2019 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 2020 will become available only after programming the 2021 memory controller and running certain initialization 2022 sequences. 2023 2024 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2025 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2026 - MPC824X: data cache 2027 - PPC4xx: data cache 2028 2029- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2030 2031 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2032 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2033 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2034 data is located at the end of the available space 2035 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2036 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2037 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2038 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2039 2040 Note: 2041 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2042 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2043 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2044 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2045 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2046 2047- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2048 2049- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2050 2051- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2052 2053- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2054 2055- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2056 2057- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2058 2059- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2060 SDRAM timing 2061 2062- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2063 periodic timer for refresh 2064 2065- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2066 2067- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2068 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2069 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2070 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2071 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2072 2073- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2074 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2075 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2076 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2077 2078- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2079 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2080 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2081 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2082 2083- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2084 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2085 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2086 2087- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2088 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2089 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2090 2091- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2092 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2093 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2094 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2095 2096- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2097 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2098 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2099 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2100 cpm_8260.h. 2101 2102- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2103 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2104 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2105 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2106 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2107 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2108 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2109 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2110 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2111 2112- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2113 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2114 2115- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2116 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2117 to the given FEC; i. e. 2118 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2119 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2120 2121 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2122 2123- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2124 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2125 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2126 2127- CONFIG_RMII 2128 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2129 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2130 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2131 2132- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2133 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2134 The syntax is: 2135 2136 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2137 2138 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2139 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2140 area should have. 2141 2142- CONFIG_LOOPW 2143 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2144 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2145 2146- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2147 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2148 "md/mw" commands. 2149 Examples: 2150 2151 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2152 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2153 2154 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2155 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2156 2157 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2158 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2159 2160- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2161- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2162 2163 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2164 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2165 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2166 not relocate itself into RAM. 2167 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2168 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2169 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2170 performs these intializations itself. 2171 2172 2173Building the Software: 2174====================== 2175 2176Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2177PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2178(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2179NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2180 2181If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2182have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2183with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2184you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2185the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2186change it to: 2187 2188 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2189 2190 2191U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2192sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2193is done by typing: 2194 2195 make NAME_config 2196 2197where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2198configurations; the following names are supported: 2199 2200 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2201 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2202 Alaska8220_config 2203 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2204 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2205 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2206 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2207 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2208 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2209 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2210 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2211 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2212 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2213 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2214 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2215 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config 2216 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2217 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config 2218 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config 2219 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config 2220 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config 2221 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config 2222 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config 2223 omap5912osk_config walnut_config 2224 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config 2225 ZPC1900_config 2226 2227Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2228 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2229 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2230 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2231 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2232 2233 make TQM823L_config 2234 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2235 2236 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2237 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2238 2239 etc. 2240 2241 2242Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2243images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2244 2245- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2246- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2247- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2248 2249 2250Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2251for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2252native "make". 2253 2254 2255If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2256to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2257steps: 2258 22591. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2260 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2261 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2262 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2263 keep this order. 22642. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2265 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2266 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 22673. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2268 your board 22693. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2270 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 22714. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 22725. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2273 to be installed on your target system. 22746. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2275 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2276 2277 2278Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2279============================================================== 2280 2281If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2282or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2283provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2284the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2285official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2286 2287But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2288cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2289the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2290just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2291for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2292select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2293environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2294MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2295 2296 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2297 2298or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2299 2300 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2301 2302See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2303 2304 2305Monitor Commands - Overview: 2306============================ 2307 2308go - start application at address 'addr' 2309run - run commands in an environment variable 2310bootm - boot application image from memory 2311bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2312tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2313 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2314 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2315rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2316diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2317loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2318loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2319md - memory display 2320mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2321nm - memory modify (constant address) 2322mw - memory write (fill) 2323cp - memory copy 2324cmp - memory compare 2325crc32 - checksum calculation 2326imd - i2c memory display 2327imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2328inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2329imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2330icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2331iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2332iloop - infinite loop on address range 2333isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2334sspi - SPI utility commands 2335base - print or set address offset 2336printenv- print environment variables 2337setenv - set environment variables 2338saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2339protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2340erase - erase FLASH memory 2341flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2342bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2343iminfo - print header information for application image 2344coninfo - print console devices and informations 2345ide - IDE sub-system 2346loop - infinite loop on address range 2347loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2348mtest - simple RAM test 2349icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2350dcache - enable or disable data cache 2351reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2352echo - echo args to console 2353version - print monitor version 2354help - print online help 2355? - alias for 'help' 2356 2357 2358Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2359======================================== 2360 2361TODO. 2362 2363For now: just type "help <command>". 2364 2365 2366Environment Variables: 2367====================== 2368 2369U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2370can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2371 2372Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2373"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2374without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2375environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2376working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2377environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2378 2379Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2380 2381 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2382 2383 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2384 2385 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2386 2387 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2388 2389 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2390 2391 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2392 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2393 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2394 load any image using TFTP 2395 2396 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2397 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2398 be automatically started (by internally calling 2399 "bootm") 2400 2401 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2402 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2403 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2404 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2405 data. 2406 2407 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2408 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2409 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2410 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2411 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2412 2413 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2414 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2415 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2416 is usually what you want since it allows for 2417 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2418 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2419 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2420 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2421 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2422 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2423 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2424 2425 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2426 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2427 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2428 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2429 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2430 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2431 2432 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2433 2434 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2435 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2436 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2437 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2438 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2439 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2440 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2441 2442 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2443 2444 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2445 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2446 2447 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2448 2449 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2450 2451 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2452 2453 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2454 2455 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2456 2457 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2458 interface is used first. 2459 2460 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2461 interface is currently active. For example you 2462 can do the following 2463 2464 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2465 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2466 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2467 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2468 2469 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2470 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2471 When set to "once" the network operation will 2472 fail when all the available network interfaces 2473 are tried once without success. 2474 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2475 themselves. 2476 2477 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 2478 UDP source port. 2479 2480 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP 2481 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69. 2482 2483 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2484 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2485 VLAN tagged frames. 2486 2487The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2488updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2489depending the information provided by your boot server: 2490 2491 bootfile - see above 2492 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2493 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2494 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2495 hostname - Target hostname 2496 ipaddr - see above 2497 netmask - Subnet Mask 2498 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2499 serverip - see above 2500 2501 2502There are two special Environment Variables: 2503 2504 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2505 as type string and/or serial number 2506 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2507 2508These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2509the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2510once they have been set once. 2511 2512 2513Further special Environment Variables: 2514 2515 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2516 with the "version" command. This variable is 2517 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2518 2519 2520Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2521only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2522 2523 2524Command Line Parsing: 2525===================== 2526 2527There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2528the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2529 2530Old, simple command line parser: 2531-------------------------------- 2532 2533- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2534- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2535- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax 2536- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2537 for example: 2538 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address) 2539- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2540 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2541 2542Hush shell: 2543----------- 2544 2545- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2546 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2547 until...do...done, ... 2548- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2549 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2550 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2551 command 2552 2553General rules: 2554-------------- 2555 2556(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2557 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2558 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2559 executed anyway. 2560 2561(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2562 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2563 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2564 variables are not executed. 2565 2566Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2567======================================= 2568 2569Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2570such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2571"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2572 2573Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2574MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2575"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2576 2577If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2578in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2579ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2580variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2581 2582o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2583 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2584 2585o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2586 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2587 used. 2588 2589o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2590 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2591 2592o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2593 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2594 warning is printed. 2595 2596o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2597 is raised. 2598 2599 2600Image Formats: 2601============== 2602 2603The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2604can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2605definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2606defines the following image properties: 2607 2608* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2609 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2610 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2611 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2612* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 2613 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2614 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2615* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2616* Load Address 2617* Entry Point 2618* Image Name 2619* Image Timestamp 2620 2621The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2622and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2623CRC32 checksums. 2624 2625 2626Linux Support: 2627============== 2628 2629Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2630easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2631U-Boot. 2632 2633U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2634special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2635"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2636instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2637serves several purposes: 2638 2639- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2640 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2641 Flash memory footprint) 2642 2643- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2644 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2645 2646- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2647 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2648 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2649 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2650 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2651 software is easier now. 2652 2653 2654Linux HOWTO: 2655============ 2656 2657Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2658--------------------------------------- 2659 2660U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2661configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2662(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2663Linux :-). 2664 2665But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2666 2667Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2668include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2669Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2670sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2671U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2672 2673 2674Configuring the Linux kernel: 2675----------------------------- 2676 2677No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2678device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2679 2680 2681Building a Linux Image: 2682----------------------- 2683 2684With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2685not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2686"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2687U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2688which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2689100% compatible format. 2690 2691Example: 2692 2693 make TQM850L_config 2694 make oldconfig 2695 make dep 2696 make uImage 2697 2698The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2699encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2700CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2701 2702* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2703 2704* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2705 2706 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2707 -R .note -R .comment \ 2708 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2709 2710* compress the binary image: 2711 2712 gzip -9 linux.bin 2713 2714* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2715 2716 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2717 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2718 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2719 2720 2721The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2722with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2723combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2724byte header containing information about target architecture, 2725operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2726stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2727 2728"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2729print the header information, or to build new images. 2730 2731In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2732contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2733checksum verification: 2734 2735 tools/mkimage -l image 2736 -l ==> list image header information 2737 2738The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2739from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2740 2741 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2742 -n name -d data_file image 2743 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2744 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2745 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2746 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2747 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2748 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2749 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2750 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2751 2752Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2753address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2754kernel version: 2755 2756- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2757- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2758 2759So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2760 2761 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2762 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2763 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2764 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2765 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2766 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2767 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2768 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2769 Load Address: 0x00000000 2770 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2771 2772To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 2773 2774 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 2775 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2776 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2777 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2778 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2779 Load Address: 0x00000000 2780 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2781 2782NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 2783speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 2784needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 2785need to be uncompressed: 2786 2787 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 2788 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2789 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 2790 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 2791 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 2792 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2793 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2794 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 2795 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 2796 Load Address: 0x00000000 2797 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2798 2799 2800Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 2801when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 2802 2803 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 2804 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 2805 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 2806 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2807 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 2808 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2809 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 2810 Load Address: 0x00000000 2811 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2812 2813 2814Installing a Linux Image: 2815------------------------- 2816 2817To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 2818you must convert the image to S-Record format: 2819 2820 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 2821 2822The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 2823image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 2824address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 2825specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 2826command. 2827 2828Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 2829TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 2830 2831 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 2832 2833 .......... done 2834 Erased 8 sectors 2835 2836 => loads 40100000 2837 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2838 ~>examples/image.srec 2839 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 2840 ... 2841 15989 15990 15991 15992 2842 [file transfer complete] 2843 [connected] 2844 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 2845 2846 2847You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 2848this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 2849corruption happened: 2850 2851 => imi 40100000 2852 2853 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2854 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2855 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2856 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2857 Load Address: 00000000 2858 Entry Point: 0000000c 2859 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2860 2861 2862Boot Linux: 2863----------- 2864 2865The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 2866memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 2867of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 2868parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 2869"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 2870 2871 2872 => printenv bootargs 2873 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 2874 2875 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2876 2877 => printenv bootargs 2878 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2879 2880 => bootm 40020000 2881 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 2882 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 2883 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2884 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 2885 Load Address: 00000000 2886 Entry Point: 0000000c 2887 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2888 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2889 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 2890 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2891 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2892 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2893 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 2894 ... 2895 2896If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 2897the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 2898format!) to the "bootm" command: 2899 2900 => imi 40100000 40200000 2901 2902 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2903 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2904 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2905 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2906 Load Address: 00000000 2907 Entry Point: 0000000c 2908 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2909 2910 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 2911 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2912 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2913 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2914 Load Address: 00000000 2915 Entry Point: 00000000 2916 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2917 2918 => bootm 40100000 40200000 2919 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 2920 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2921 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2922 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2923 Load Address: 00000000 2924 Entry Point: 0000000c 2925 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2926 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2927 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 2928 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2929 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2930 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2931 Load Address: 00000000 2932 Entry Point: 00000000 2933 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2934 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 2935 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 2936 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 2937 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2938 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2939 ... 2940 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 2941 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 2942 2943 bash# 2944 2945More About U-Boot Image Types: 2946------------------------------ 2947 2948U-Boot supports the following image types: 2949 2950 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 2951 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 2952 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 2953 the Standalone Program. 2954 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 2955 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 2956 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 2957 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 2958 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 2959 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 2960 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 2961 being started. 2962 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 2963 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 2964 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 2965 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 2966 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 2967 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 2968 2969 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 2970 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 2971 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 2972 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 2973 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 2974 a multiple of 4 bytes). 2975 2976 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 2977 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 2978 flash memory. 2979 2980 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 2981 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 2982 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 2983 as command interpreter. 2984 2985 2986Standalone HOWTO: 2987================= 2988 2989One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 2990run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 2991U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 2992 2993Two simple examples are included with the sources: 2994 2995"Hello World" Demo: 2996------------------- 2997 2998'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 2999application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 3000It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 3001like that: 3002 3003 => loads 3004 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3005 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 3006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3007 [file transfer complete] 3008 [connected] 3009 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3010 3011 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 3012 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3013 Hello World 3014 argc = 7 3015 argv[0] = "40004" 3016 argv[1] = "Hello" 3017 argv[2] = "World!" 3018 argv[3] = "This" 3019 argv[4] = "is" 3020 argv[5] = "a" 3021 argv[6] = "test." 3022 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 3023 Hit any key to exit ... 3024 3025 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3026 3027Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 3028handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 3029Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 3030The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 3031character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 3032controlled by the following keys: 3033 3034 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3035 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3036 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3037 q - quit application 3038 3039 => loads 3040 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3041 ~>examples/timer.srec 3042 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3043 [file transfer complete] 3044 [connected] 3045 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3046 3047 => go 40004 3048 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3049 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3050 Using timer 1 3051 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3052 3053Hit 'b': 3054 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3055 Enabling timer 3056Hit '?': 3057 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3058 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3059Hit '?': 3060 [q, b, e, ?] . 3061 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3062Hit '?': 3063 [q, b, e, ?] . 3064 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3065Hit '?': 3066 [q, b, e, ?] . 3067 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3068Hit 'e': 3069 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3070Hit 'q': 3071 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3072 3073 3074Minicom warning: 3075================ 3076 3077Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3078"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3079consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3080Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3081especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3082use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3083 3084Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3085configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3086 3087 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3088 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3089 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3090 3091 3092NetBSD Notes: 3093============= 3094 3095Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3096(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3097 3098Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3099NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3100need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3101Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3102attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3103missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3104 3105 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3106 # mkdir powerpc 3107 # ln -s powerpc machine 3108 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3109 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3110 3111Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3112and U-Boot include files. 3113 3114Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3115stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3116proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3117tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3118meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3119 3120 3121Implementation Internals: 3122========================= 3123 3124The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3125implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3126inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3127hardware. 3128 3129 3130Initial Stack, Global Data: 3131--------------------------- 3132 3133The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3134starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3135system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3136This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3137is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3138at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3139options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3140models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3141MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3142locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3143 3144 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3145 u-boot-users mailing list: 3146 3147 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3148 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3149 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3150 ... 3151 3152 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3153 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3154 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3155 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3156 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3157 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3158 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3159 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3160 3161 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3162 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3163 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3164 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3165 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3166 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3167 used. 3168 3169 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3170 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3171 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3172 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3173 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3174 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3175 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3176 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3177 you get the config right. 3178 3179 -Chris Hallinan 3180 DS4.COM, Inc. 3181 3182It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3183code for the initialization procedures: 3184 3185* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3186 to write it. 3187 3188* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3189 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3190 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3191 3192* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3193 that. 3194 3195Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3196normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3197turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3198simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3199functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3200functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3201the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3202place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3203reserve for this purpose. 3204 3205When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3206relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3207GCC's implementation. 3208 3209For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3210 R1: stack pointer 3211 R2: TOC pointer 3212 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3213 R5-R10: parameter passing 3214 R13: small data area pointer 3215 R30: GOT pointer 3216 R31: frame pointer 3217 3218 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3219 3220 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3221 3222 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3223 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3224 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3225 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3226 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3227 624 text + 127 data). 3228 3229On ARM, the following registers are used: 3230 3231 R0: function argument word/integer result 3232 R1-R3: function argument word 3233 R9: GOT pointer 3234 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3235 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3236 R12: temporary workspace 3237 R13: stack pointer 3238 R14: link register 3239 R15: program counter 3240 3241 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3242 3243 3244Memory Management: 3245------------------ 3246 3247U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3248MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3249 3250The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3251controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3252memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3253physical memory banks. 3254 3255U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3256TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3257booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3258to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3259memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3260configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3261Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3262 3263Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3264of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3265 3266So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3267this: 3268 3269 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3270 : 3271 0x0000 1FFF 3272 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3273 : 3274 : 3275 3276 : 3277 : 3278 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3279 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3280 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3281 : 3282 0x00FD FFFF 3283 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3284 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3285 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3286 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3287 3288 3289System Initialization: 3290---------------------- 3291 3292In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3293(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3294configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3295To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3296To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3297initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3298which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3299part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3300the caches and the SIU. 3301 3302Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3303preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3304(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3305on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3306programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3307simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3308banks. 3309 3310When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3311different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3312bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 33130x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3314contiguous memory starting from 0. 3315 3316Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3317and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3318Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3319pages, and the final stack is set up. 3320 3321Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3322until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3323running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3324new address in RAM. 3325 3326 3327U-Boot Porting Guide: 3328---------------------- 3329 3330[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3331list, October 2002] 3332 3333 3334int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3335{ 3336 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3337 3338 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3339 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3340 3341 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3342 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3343 return 0; 3344 } 3345 3346 Download latest U-Boot source; 3347 3348 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3349 3350 if (clueless) { 3351 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3352 } 3353 3354 while (learning) { 3355 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3356 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3357 Read the source, Luke; 3358 } 3359 3360 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3361 Buy a BDI2000; 3362 } else { 3363 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3364 } 3365 3366 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3367 3368 Create your own board config file; 3369 3370 while (!running) { 3371 do { 3372 Add / modify source code; 3373 } until (compiles); 3374 Debug; 3375 if (clueless) 3376 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3377 } 3378 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3379 3380 return 0; 3381} 3382 3383void no_more_time (int sig) 3384{ 3385 hire_a_guru(); 3386} 3387 3388 3389Coding Standards: 3390----------------- 3391 3392All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3393coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux 3394kernel source directory. 3395 3396Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts 3397in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style 3398comments (//) in your code. 3399 3400Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3401- remove any trailing white space 3402- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3403- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3404- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3405- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3406 3407Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3408with a request to reformat the changes. 3409 3410 3411Submitting Patches: 3412------------------- 3413 3414Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3415establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3416may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3417 3418Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3419 3420When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3421it: 3422 3423* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3424 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3425 patch actually fixes something. 3426 3427* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3428 implementation. 3429 3430* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3431 3432* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3433 3434* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3435 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3436 3437* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3438 document these in the README file. 3439 3440* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3441 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3442 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3443 version of GNU diff. 3444 3445 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3446 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3447 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3448 directory information for the affected files). 3449 3450 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3451 gzipped text. 3452 3453* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3454 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3455 3456* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3457 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3458 3459 3460Notes: 3461 3462* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3463 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3464 for any of the boards. 3465 3466* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3467 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3468 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3469 3470* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3471 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3472 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3473 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3474 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3475 modification. 3476 3477* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3478 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3479