1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 148 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs 149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 154- drivers Commonly used device drivers 155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 157- include Header Files 158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 165- net Networking code 166- post Power On Self Test 167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 169 170Software Configuration: 171======================= 172 173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 175 176There are two classes of configuration variables: 177 178* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 180 "CONFIG_". 181 182* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 185 "CFG_". 186 187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 191as an example here. 192 193 194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 195--------------------------------------------------- 196 197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 199 200Example: For a TQM823L module type: 201 202 cd u-boot 203 make TQM823L_config 204 205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 208 209 210Configuration Options: 211---------------------- 212 213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 214such information is kept in a configuration file 215"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 216 217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 218"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 219 220 221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 223build a config tool - later. 224 225 226The following options need to be configured: 227 228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 229 230 PowerPC based CPUs: 231 ------------------- 232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 234 or CONFIG_MPC8220 235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 237 or CONFIG_IOP480 238 or CONFIG_405GP 239 or CONFIG_405EP 240 or CONFIG_440 241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 242 or CONFIG_750FX 243 244 ARM based CPUs: 245 --------------- 246 CONFIG_SA1110 247 CONFIG_ARM7 248 CONFIG_PXA250 249 250 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 251 ---------------------- 252 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 253 254 Nios-2 based CPUs: 255 ---------------------- 256 CONFIG_NIOS2 257 258 259- Board Type: Define exactly one of 260 261 PowerPC based boards: 262 --------------------- 263 264 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405 265 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2 266 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6 267 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e 268 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405 269 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826 270 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260 271 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823 272 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850 273 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T 274 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823 275 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic 276 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite 277 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper 278 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto 279 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng 280 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 281 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 282 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8260 283 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_sbc8560 284 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SM850 285 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_SPD823TS 286 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_STXGP3 287 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_SXNI855T 288 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM823L 289 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 290 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM850L 291 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM855L 292 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TQM860L 293 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_TTTech 294 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_UTX8245 295 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_V37 296 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMC 297 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_W7OLMG 298 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_WALNUT 299 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZPC1900 300 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC CONFIG_ZUMA 301 302 ARM based boards: 303 ----------------- 304 305 CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, CONFIG_DNP1110, 306 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, 307 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, 308 CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, 309 CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, CONFIG_SHANNON, 310 CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, 311 CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9 312 313 MicroBlaze based boards: 314 ------------------------ 315 316 CONFIG_SUZAKU 317 318 Nios-2 based boards: 319 ------------------------ 320 321 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 322 323 324- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 325 Define exactly one of 326 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 327--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 328 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 329 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 330 331- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 332 Define exactly one of 333 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 334 335- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 336 Define one or more of 337 CONFIG_CMA302 338 339- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 340 Define one or more of 341 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 342 the lcd display every second with 343 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 344 345- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 346 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 347 Possible values are: 348 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 349 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 350 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 351 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 352 353- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 354 Define exactly one of 355 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 356 357- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 358 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 359 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 360 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 361 reference PIT/RTC clock 362 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 363 or XTAL/EXTAL) 364 365- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 366 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 367 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 368 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 369 See doc/README.MPC866 370 371 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 372 373 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 374 of relying on the correctness of the configured 375 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 376 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 377 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 378 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 379 380- Linux Kernel Interface: 381 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 382 383 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 384 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 385 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 386 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 387 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 388 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 389 Linux kernel. 390 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 391 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 392 default environment. 393 394 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 395 396 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 397 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 398 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 399 400- Serial Ports: 401 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 402 403 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 404 405 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 406 407 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 408 409 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 410 411 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 412 the clock speed of the UARTs. 413 414 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 415 416 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 417 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 418 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 419 420 421- Console Interface: 422 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 423 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 424 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 425 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 426 427 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 428 port routines must be defined elsewhere 429 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 430 431 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 432 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 433 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 434 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 435 (default big endian) 436 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 437 rectangle fill 438 (cf. smiLynxEM) 439 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 440 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 441 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 442 (cols=pitch) 443 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 444 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 445 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 446 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 447 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 448 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 449 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 450 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 451 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 452 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 453 (i.e. i8042_getc) 454 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 455 (requires blink timer 456 cf. i8042.c) 457 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 458 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 459 upper right corner 460 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 461 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 462 upper left corner 463 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 464 linux_logo.h for logo. 465 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 466 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 467 addional board info beside 468 the logo 469 470 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 471 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 472 environment 'console=serial'. 473 474 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 475 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 476 the "silent" environment variable. See 477 doc/README.silent for more information. 478 479- Console Baudrate: 480 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 481 Select one of the baudrates listed in 482 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 483 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 484 485- Interrupt driven serial port input: 486 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 487 488 PPC405GP only. 489 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 490 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 491 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 492 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 493 494 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 495 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 496 497- Console UART Number: 498 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 499 500 AMCC PPC4xx only. 501 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 502 as default U-Boot console. 503 504- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 505 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 506 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 507 508 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 509 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 510 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 511 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 512 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 513 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 518 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 519 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 520 521- Autoboot Command: 522 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 523 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 524 define a command string that is automatically executed 525 when no character is read on the console interface 526 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 527 528 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 529 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 530 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 531 environment value "bootargs". 532 533 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 534 The value of these goes into the environment as 535 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 536 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 537 ram and nfs. 538 539- Pre-Boot Commands: 540 CONFIG_PREBOOT 541 542 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 543 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 544 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 545 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 546 entering interactive mode. 547 548 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 549 automatically generated or modified. For an example 550 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 551 modified when the user holds down a certain 552 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 553 booting the systems 554 555- Serial Download Echo Mode: 556 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 557 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 558 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 559 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 560 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 561 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 562 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 563 564- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 565 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 566 Select one of the baudrates listed in 567 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 568 569- Monitor Functions: 570 CONFIG_COMMANDS 571 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 572 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 573 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 574 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 575 following values: 576 577 #define enables commands: 578 ------------------------- 579 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 580 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 581 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 582 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 583 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 584 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 585 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 586 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 587 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 588 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 589 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 590 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 591 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 592 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 593 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments 594 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 595 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 596 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 597 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 598 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 599 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 600 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 601 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 602 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 603 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 604 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 605 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 606 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 607 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 608 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 609 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 610 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 611 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 612 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 613 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 614 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 615 loop, loopw, mtest 616 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 617 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 618 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 619 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 620 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 621 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 622 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 623 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 624 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 625 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 626 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 627 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 628 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 629 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 630 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 631 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 632 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 633 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 634 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 635 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 636 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 637 ----------------------------------------------- 638 CFG_CMD_ALL all 639 640 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 641 this is includes all commands, except 642 the ones marked with "*" in the list 643 above. 644 645 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 646 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 647 override the default settings in the respective 648 include file. 649 650 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 651 support you can write: 652 653 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 654 655 656 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 657 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 658 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 659 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 660 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 661 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 662 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 663 initial stack and some data. 664 665 666 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 667 668- Watchdog: 669 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 670 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 671 support. There must be support in the platform specific 672 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 673 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 674 register. 675 676- U-Boot Version: 677 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 678 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 679 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 680 version as printed by the "version" command. 681 This variable is readonly. 682 683- Real-Time Clock: 684 685 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 686 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 687 following options: 688 689 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 690 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 691 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 692 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 693 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 694 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 695 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 696 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 697 698 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 699 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 700 701- Timestamp Support: 702 703 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 704 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 705 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 706 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 707 708- Partition Support: 709 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 710 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 711 712 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 713 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 714 one partition type as well. 715 716- IDE Reset method: 717 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 718 board configurations files but used nowhere! 719 720 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 721 be performed by calling the function 722 ide_set_reset(int reset) 723 which has to be defined in a board specific file 724 725- ATAPI Support: 726 CONFIG_ATAPI 727 728 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 729 730- LBA48 Support 731 CONFIG_LBA48 732 733 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 734 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 735 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 736 support disks up to 2.1TB. 737 738 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 739 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 740 Default is 32bit. 741 742- SCSI Support: 743 At the moment only there is only support for the 744 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 745 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 746 747 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 748 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 749 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 750 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 751 devices. 752 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 753 754- NETWORK Support (PCI): 755 CONFIG_E1000 756 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 757 758 CONFIG_EEPRO100 759 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 760 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 761 write routine for first time initialisation. 762 763 CONFIG_TULIP 764 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 765 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 766 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 767 768 CONFIG_NATSEMI 769 Support for National dp83815 chips. 770 771 CONFIG_NS8382X 772 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 773 774- NETWORK Support (other): 775 776 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 777 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 778 779 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 780 Define this to hold the physical address 781 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 782 783 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 784 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 785 786 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 787 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 788 789 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 790 Define this to hold the physical address 791 of the device (I/O space) 792 793 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 794 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 795 796 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 797 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 798 (some hardware wont work with macros) 799 800- USB Support: 801 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 802 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 803 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 804 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 805 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 806 storage devices. 807 Note: 808 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 809 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 810 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 811 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 812 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 813 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 814 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 815 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 816 817 818- MMC Support: 819 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 820 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 821 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 822 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 823 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 824 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 825 826- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 827 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 828 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 829 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 830 831 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 832 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 833 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 834 835 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 836 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 837 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 838 839 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 840 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 841 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 842 have not defined a custom partition 843 844- Keyboard Support: 845 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 846 847 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 848 support 849 850 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 851 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 852 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 853 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 854 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 855 856- Video support: 857 CONFIG_VIDEO 858 859 Define this to enable video support (for output to 860 video). 861 862 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 863 864 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 865 866 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 867 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 868 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 869 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 870 assumed. 871 872 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 873 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 874 are possible: 875 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 876 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 877 878 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 879 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 880 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 881 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 882 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 883 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 884 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 885 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 886 887 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 888 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 889 890 891 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 892 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 893 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 894 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 895 896- Keyboard Support: 897 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 898 899 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 900 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 901 defined in your board-specific files. 902 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 903 904- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 905 906 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 907 display); also select one of the supported displays 908 by defining one of these: 909 910 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 911 912 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 913 914 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 915 916 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 917 Active, color, single scan. 918 919 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 920 921 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 922 Active, color, single scan. 923 924 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 925 926 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 927 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 928 929 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 930 931 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 932 Active, color, single scan. 933 934 CONFIG_HLD1045 935 936 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 937 Active, color, single scan. 938 939 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 940 941 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 942 or 943 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 944 or 945 Hitachi SP14Q002 946 947 320x240. Black & white. 948 949 Normally display is black on white background; define 950 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 951 952- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 953 954 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 955 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 956 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 957 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 958 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 959 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 960 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 961 loaded very quickly after power-on. 962 963- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP 964 965 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP 966 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the 967 splashscreen support or the bmp command. 968 969- Compression support: 970 CONFIG_BZIP2 971 972 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 973 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 974 compressed images are supported. 975 976 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 977 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 978 be at least 4MB. 979 980- MII/PHY support: 981 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 982 983 The address of PHY on MII bus. 984 985 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 986 987 The clock frequency of the MII bus 988 989 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 990 991 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 992 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 993 994 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 995 996 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 997 reset before any MII register access is possible. 998 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 999 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1000 1001 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1002 1003 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1004 command issued before MII status register can be read 1005 1006- Ethernet address: 1007 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1008 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1009 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1010 1011 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1012 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1013 is not determined automatically. 1014 1015- IP address: 1016 CONFIG_IPADDR 1017 1018 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1019 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1020 determined through e.g. bootp. 1021 1022- Server IP address: 1023 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1024 1025 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1026 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1027 1028- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1029 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1030 1031 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1032 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1033 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1034 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1035 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1036 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1037 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1038 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1039 following delays are insterted then: 1040 1041 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1042 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1043 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1044 4th and following 1045 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1046 1047- DHCP Advanced Options: 1048 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1049 1050 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1051 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1052 1053 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1054 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1055 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1056 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1057 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1058 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1059 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1060 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1061 1062 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1063 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1064 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1065 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1066 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1067 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1068 the DHCP server. 1069 1070 - CDP Options: 1071 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1072 1073 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1074 1075 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1076 1077 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1078 of the device. 1079 1080 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1081 1082 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1083 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1084 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1085 1086 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1087 1088 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1089 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1090 1091 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1092 1093 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1094 1095 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1096 1097 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1098 1099 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1100 1101 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1102 1103 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1104 1105 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1106 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1107 1108 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1109 1110 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1111 1112- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1113 1114 Several configurations allow to display the current 1115 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1116 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1117 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1118 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1119 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1120 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1121 feature in U-Boot. 1122 1123- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1124 1125 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1126 on those systems that support this (optional) 1127 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1128 1129- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1130 1131 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1132 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1133 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1134 1135 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1136 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1137 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1138 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1139 command line interface. 1140 1141 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C. 1142 1143 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1144 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1145 support for I2C. 1146 1147 There are several other quantities that must also be 1148 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1149 1150 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1151 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1152 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1153 the cpu's i2c node address). 1154 1155 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1156 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1157 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1158 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1159 1160 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1161 1162 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1163 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1164 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1165 1166 I2C_INIT 1167 1168 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1169 controller or configure ports. 1170 1171 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1172 1173 I2C_PORT 1174 1175 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1176 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1177 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1178 1179 I2C_ACTIVE 1180 1181 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1182 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1183 define can be null. 1184 1185 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1186 1187 I2C_TRISTATE 1188 1189 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1190 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1191 define can be null. 1192 1193 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1194 1195 I2C_READ 1196 1197 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1198 FALSE if it is low. 1199 1200 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1201 1202 I2C_SDA(bit) 1203 1204 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1205 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1206 1207 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1208 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1209 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1210 1211 I2C_SCL(bit) 1212 1213 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1214 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1215 1216 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1217 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1218 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1219 1220 I2C_DELAY 1221 1222 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1223 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1224 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1225 like: 1226 1227 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1228 1229 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1230 1231 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1232 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1233 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1234 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1235 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1236 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1237 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1238 is run early in the boot sequence. 1239 1240 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1241 1242 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1243 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1244 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1245 1246- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1247 1248 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1249 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1250 D/As on the SACSng board) 1251 1252 CONFIG_SPI_X 1253 1254 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1255 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1256 1257 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1258 1259 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1260 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1261 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1262 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1263 defined, the board configuration must define several 1264 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1265 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1266 1267- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1268 1269 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1270 1271 CONFIG_FPGA 1272 1273 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1274 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1275 1276 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1277 1278 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1279 1280 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1281 1282 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1283 status by the configuration function. This option 1284 will require a board or device specific function to 1285 be written. 1286 1287 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1288 1289 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1290 configuration driver. 1291 1292 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1293 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1294 1295 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1296 1297 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1298 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1299 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1300 indicated a CRC error). 1301 1302 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1303 1304 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1305 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1306 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1307 mS. 1308 1309 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1310 1311 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1312 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1313 1314 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1315 1316 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1317 200 mS. 1318 1319- Configuration Management: 1320 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1321 1322 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1323 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1324 1325- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1326 1327 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1328 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1329 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1330 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1331 protects these variables from casual modification by 1332 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1333 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1334 change this behviour: 1335 1336 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1337 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1338 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1339 these parameters. 1340 1341 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1342 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1343 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1344 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1345 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1346 read-only.] 1347 1348- Protected RAM: 1349 CONFIG_PRAM 1350 1351 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1352 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1353 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1354 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1355 this default value by defining an environment 1356 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1357 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1358 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1359 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1360 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1361 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1362 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1363 1364 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem) 1365 saveenv 1366 1367 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1368 either, which results in a memory region that will 1369 not be affected by reboots. 1370 1371 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1372 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1373 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1374 following board configurations are known to be 1375 "pRAM-clean": 1376 1377 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1378 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1379 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1380 1381- Error Recovery: 1382 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1383 1384 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1385 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1386 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1387 system where you want to system to reboot 1388 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1389 useful during development since you can try to debug 1390 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1391 1392 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1393 1394 This variable defines the number of retries for 1395 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1396 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1397 default value of 5 is used. 1398 1399- Command Interpreter: 1400 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1401 1402 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1403 1404 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1405 1406 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1407 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1408 powerful command line syntax like 1409 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1410 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1411 1412 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1413 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1414 1415 1416 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1417 1418 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1419 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1420 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1421 1422 Note: 1423 1424 In the current implementation, the local variables 1425 space and global environment variables space are 1426 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1427 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1428 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1429 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1430 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1431 1432 Global environment variables are those you use 1433 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1434 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1435 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1436 1437 To store commands and special characters in a 1438 variable, please use double quotation marks 1439 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1440 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1441 symbols. 1442 1443- Default Environment: 1444 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1445 1446 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1447 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1448 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1449 1450 For example, place something like this in your 1451 board's config file: 1452 1453 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1454 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1455 "myvar2=value2\0" 1456 1457 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1458 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1459 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1460 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1461 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1462 You better know what you are doing here. 1463 1464 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1465 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1466 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1467 boot command first. 1468 1469- DataFlash Support: 1470 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1471 1472 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1473 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1474 commands cp, md... 1475 1476- SystemACE Support: 1477 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1478 1479 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1480 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1481 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1482 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1483 1484 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1485 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1486 1487 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1488 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1489 1490- TFTP Fixed UDP Port: 1491 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT 1492 1493 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpport 1494 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. 1495 If tftpport isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port 1496 number generator is used. 1497 1498 The purpose for this is to allow a TFTP server to 1499 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured 1500 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of 1501 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing 1502 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally. 1503 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, 1504 but sometimes that is not allowed. 1505 1506- Show boot progress: 1507 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1508 1509 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1510 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1511 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1512 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1513 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1514 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1515 1516 Arg Where When 1517 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1518 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1519 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1520 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1521 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1522 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1523 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1524 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1525 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1526 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1527 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1528 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1529 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1530 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1531 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1532 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1533 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1534 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1535 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1536 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1537 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1538 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1539 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1540 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1541 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1542 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1543 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1544 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1545 1546 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1547 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1548 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1549 1550 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1551 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1552 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1553 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1554 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1555 1556 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1557 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1558 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1559 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1560 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1561 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1562 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1563 1564 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1565 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1566 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1567 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1568 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1569 1570 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1571 1572 1573Modem Support: 1574-------------- 1575 1576[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1577 1578- Modem support endable: 1579 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1580 1581- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1582 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1583 1584- Modem debug support: 1585 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1586 1587 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1588 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1589 1590- Interrupt support (PPC): 1591 1592 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1593 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1594 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1595 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1596 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1597 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1598 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1599 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1600 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1601 general timer_interrupt(). 1602 1603- General: 1604 1605 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1606 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1607 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1608 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1609 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1610 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1611 initialization. 1612 1613 If there are no modem init strings in the 1614 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1615 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1616 supressed, though. 1617 1618 See also: doc/README.Modem 1619 1620 1621Configuration Settings: 1622----------------------- 1623 1624- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1625 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1626 1627- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1628 prompt for user input. 1629 1630- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1631 1632- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1633 1634- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1635 1636- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1637 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1638 booted 1639 1640- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1641 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1642 1643- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1644 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1645 1646- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1647 If the board specific function 1648 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1649 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1650 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1651 1652- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1653 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1654 1655- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1656 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1657 1658- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1659 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1660 simple memory test. 1661 1662- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1663 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1664 1665- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1666 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1667 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1668 1669- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1670 Default load address for network file downloads 1671 1672- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1673 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1674 1675- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1676 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1677 1678- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1679 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1680 Cogent motherboard) 1681 1682- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1683 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1684 1685- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1686 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1687 make config files to be same as the text base address 1688 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1689 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1690 1691- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1692 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1693 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1694 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1695 flash sector. 1696 1697- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1698 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1699 1700- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1701 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1702 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1703 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1704 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1705 1706- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1707 Max number of Flash memory banks 1708 1709- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1710 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1711 1712- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1713 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1714 1715- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1716 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1717 1718- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1719 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1720 1721- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1722 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1723 1724- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1725 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1726 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1727 1728- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1729 1730 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1731 without this option such a download has to be 1732 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1733 copy from RAM to flash. 1734 1735 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1736 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1737 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1738 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1739 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1740 1741- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1742 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1743 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1744 1745- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1746 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1747 in the drivers directory 1748 1749- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1750 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1751 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1752 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1753 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1754 on high ethernet traffic. 1755 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1756 1757The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1758of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1759following configurations: 1760 1761- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1762 1763 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1764 1765 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1766 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1767 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1768 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1769 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1770 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1771 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1772 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1773 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1774 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1775 between U-Boot and the environment. 1776 1777 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1778 1779 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1780 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1781 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1782 for this sector is given here. 1783 1784 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1785 1786 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1787 1788 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1789 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1790 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1791 1792 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1793 1794 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1795 1796 1797 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1798 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1799 the environment. 1800 1801 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1802 1803 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1804 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1805 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1806 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1807 1808 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1809 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1810 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1811 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1812 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1813 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1814 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1815 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1816 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1817 1818 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1819 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1820 1821 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1822 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1823 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1824 a "saveenv" operation. 1825 1826BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1827source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1828accordingly! 1829 1830 1831- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 1832 1833 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 1834 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 1835 environment. 1836 1837 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1838 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1839 1840 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 1841 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 1842 can just be read and written to, without any special 1843 provision. 1844 1845BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 1846in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 1847console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 1848U-Boot will hang. 1849 1850Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 1851environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 1852keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 1853to save the current settings. 1854 1855 1856- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 1857 1858 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 1859 device and a driver for it. 1860 1861 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1862 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1863 1864 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 1865 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 1866 1867 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 1868 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 1869 The default address is zero. 1870 1871 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 1872 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 1873 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 1874 would require six bits. 1875 1876 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 1877 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 1878 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 1879 1880 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 1881 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 1882 that this is NOT the chip address length! 1883 1884 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 1885 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 1886 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 1887 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 1888 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 1889 byte chips. 1890 1891 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 1892 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 1893 in the chip address. 1894 1895 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 1896 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 1897 1898 1899- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 1900 1901 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 1902 want to use for the environment. 1903 1904 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1905 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1906 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1907 1908 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 1909 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 1910 at the specified address. 1911 1912- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 1913 1914 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 1915 for the environment. 1916 1917 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1918 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1919 1920 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 1921 area within the first NAND device. 1922 1923- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 1924 1925 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 1926 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 1927 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 1928 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 1929 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 1930 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 1931 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 1932 1933Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 1934has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 1935created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 1936until then to read environment variables. 1937 1938The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 1939is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 1940with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 1941necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 1942"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 1943have any device yet where we could complain.] 1944 1945Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 1946the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 1947use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 1948 1949- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 1950 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 1951 1952 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 1953 also needs to be defined. 1954 1955- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 1956 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 1957 1958- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 1959 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 1960 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 1961 1962- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 1963 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 1964 1965Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 1966--------------------------------------------------- 1967 1968- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 1969 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 1970 1971- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 1972 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 1973 1974 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 1975 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 1976 the IMMR register after a reset. 1977 1978- Floppy Disk Support: 1979 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 1980 1981 the default drive number (default value 0) 1982 1983 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 1984 1985 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 1986 (default value 1) 1987 1988 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 1989 1990 defines the offset of register from address. It 1991 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 1992 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 1993 1994 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 1995 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 1996 default value. 1997 1998 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 1999 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 2000 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 2001 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 2002 initializations. 2003 2004- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 2005 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 2006 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 2007 2008- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 2009 2010 Start address of memory area that can be used for 2011 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 2012 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 2013 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 2014 will become available only after programming the 2015 memory controller and running certain initialization 2016 sequences. 2017 2018 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2019 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2020 - MPC824X: data cache 2021 - PPC4xx: data cache 2022 2023- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2024 2025 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2026 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2027 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2028 data is located at the end of the available space 2029 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2030 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2031 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2032 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2033 2034 Note: 2035 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2036 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2037 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2038 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2039 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2040 2041- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2042 2043- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2044 2045- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2046 2047- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2048 2049- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2050 2051- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2052 2053- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2054 SDRAM timing 2055 2056- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2057 periodic timer for refresh 2058 2059- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2060 2061- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2062 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2063 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2064 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2065 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2066 2067- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2068 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2069 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2070 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2071 2072- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2073 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2074 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2075 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2076 2077- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2078 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2079 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2080 2081- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2082 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2083 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2084 2085- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2086 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2087 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2088 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2089 2090- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2091 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2092 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2093 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2094 cpm_8260.h. 2095 2096- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2097 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2098 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2099 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2100 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2101 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2102 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2103 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2104 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2105 2106- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2107 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2108 2109- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2110 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2111 to the given FEC; i. e. 2112 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2113 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2114 2115 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2116 2117- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2118 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2119 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2120 2121- CONFIG_RMII 2122 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2123 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2124 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2125 2126- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2127 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2128 The syntax is: 2129 2130 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2131 2132 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2133 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2134 area should have. 2135 2136- CONFIG_LOOPW 2137 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2138 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2139 2140- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2141 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2142 "md/mw" commands. 2143 Examples: 2144 2145 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2146 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2147 2148 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2149 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2150 2151 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2152 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2153 2154- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2155- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2156 2157 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2158 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2159 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2160 not relocate itself into RAM. 2161 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2162 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2163 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2164 performs these intializations itself. 2165 2166 2167Building the Software: 2168====================== 2169 2170Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2171PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2172(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2173NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2174 2175If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2176have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2177with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2178you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2179the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2180change it to: 2181 2182 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2183 2184 2185U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2186sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2187is done by typing: 2188 2189 make NAME_config 2190 2191where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2192configurations; the following names are supported: 2193 2194 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2195 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2196 Alaska8220_config 2197 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2198 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2199 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2200 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2201 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2202 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2203 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2204 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2205 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2206 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2207 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2208 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2209 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config 2210 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2211 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config 2212 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config 2213 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config 2214 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config 2215 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config 2216 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config 2217 omap5912osk_config walnut_config 2218 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config 2219 ZPC1900_config 2220 2221Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2222 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2223 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2224 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2225 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2226 2227 make TQM823L_config 2228 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2229 2230 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2231 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2232 2233 etc. 2234 2235 2236Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2237images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2238 2239- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2240- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2241- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2242 2243 2244Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2245for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2246native "make". 2247 2248 2249If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2250to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2251steps: 2252 22531. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2254 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2255 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2256 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2257 keep this order. 22582. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2259 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2260 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 22613. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2262 your board 22633. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2264 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 22654. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 22665. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2267 to be installed on your target system. 22686. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2269 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2270 2271 2272Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2273============================================================== 2274 2275If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2276or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2277provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2278the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2279official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2280 2281But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2282cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2283the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2284just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2285for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2286select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2287environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2288MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2289 2290 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2291 2292or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2293 2294 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2295 2296See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2297 2298 2299Monitor Commands - Overview: 2300============================ 2301 2302go - start application at address 'addr' 2303run - run commands in an environment variable 2304bootm - boot application image from memory 2305bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2306tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2307 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2308 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2309rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2310diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2311loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2312loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2313md - memory display 2314mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2315nm - memory modify (constant address) 2316mw - memory write (fill) 2317cp - memory copy 2318cmp - memory compare 2319crc32 - checksum calculation 2320imd - i2c memory display 2321imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2322inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2323imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2324icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2325iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2326iloop - infinite loop on address range 2327isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2328sspi - SPI utility commands 2329base - print or set address offset 2330printenv- print environment variables 2331setenv - set environment variables 2332saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2333protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2334erase - erase FLASH memory 2335flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2336bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2337iminfo - print header information for application image 2338coninfo - print console devices and informations 2339ide - IDE sub-system 2340loop - infinite loop on address range 2341loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2342mtest - simple RAM test 2343icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2344dcache - enable or disable data cache 2345reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2346echo - echo args to console 2347version - print monitor version 2348help - print online help 2349? - alias for 'help' 2350 2351 2352Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2353======================================== 2354 2355TODO. 2356 2357For now: just type "help <command>". 2358 2359 2360Environment Variables: 2361====================== 2362 2363U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2364can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2365 2366Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2367"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2368without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2369environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2370working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2371environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2372 2373Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2374 2375 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2376 2377 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2378 2379 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2380 2381 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2382 2383 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2384 2385 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2386 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2387 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2388 load any image using TFTP 2389 2390 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2391 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2392 be automatically started (by internally calling 2393 "bootm") 2394 2395 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2396 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2397 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2398 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2399 data. 2400 2401 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2402 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2403 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2404 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2405 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2406 2407 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2408 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2409 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2410 is usually what you want since it allows for 2411 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2412 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2413 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2414 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2415 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2416 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2417 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2418 2419 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2420 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2421 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2422 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2423 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2424 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2425 2426 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2427 2428 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2429 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2430 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2431 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2432 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2433 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2434 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2435 2436 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2437 2438 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2439 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2440 2441 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2442 2443 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2444 2445 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2446 2447 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2448 2449 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2450 2451 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2452 interface is used first. 2453 2454 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2455 interface is currently active. For example you 2456 can do the following 2457 2458 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2459 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2460 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2461 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2462 2463 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2464 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2465 When set to "once" the network operation will 2466 fail when all the available network interfaces 2467 are tried once without success. 2468 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2469 themselves. 2470 2471 tftpport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 2472 UDP source port. 2473 2474 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2475 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2476 VLAN tagged frames. 2477 2478The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2479updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2480depending the information provided by your boot server: 2481 2482 bootfile - see above 2483 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2484 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2485 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2486 hostname - Target hostname 2487 ipaddr - see above 2488 netmask - Subnet Mask 2489 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2490 serverip - see above 2491 2492 2493There are two special Environment Variables: 2494 2495 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2496 as type string and/or serial number 2497 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2498 2499These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2500the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2501once they have been set once. 2502 2503 2504Further special Environment Variables: 2505 2506 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2507 with the "version" command. This variable is 2508 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2509 2510 2511Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2512only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2513 2514 2515Command Line Parsing: 2516===================== 2517 2518There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2519the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2520 2521Old, simple command line parser: 2522-------------------------------- 2523 2524- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2525- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2526- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax 2527- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2528 for example: 2529 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address) 2530- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2531 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2532 2533Hush shell: 2534----------- 2535 2536- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2537 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2538 until...do...done, ... 2539- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2540 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2541 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2542 command 2543 2544General rules: 2545-------------- 2546 2547(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2548 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2549 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2550 executed anyway. 2551 2552(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2553 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2554 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2555 variables are not executed. 2556 2557Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2558======================================= 2559 2560Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2561such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2562"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2563 2564Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2565MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2566"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2567 2568If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2569in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2570ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2571variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2572 2573o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2574 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2575 2576o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2577 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2578 used. 2579 2580o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2581 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2582 2583o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2584 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2585 warning is printed. 2586 2587o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2588 is raised. 2589 2590 2591Image Formats: 2592============== 2593 2594The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2595can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2596definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2597defines the following image properties: 2598 2599* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2600 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2601 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2602 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2603* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 2604 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2605 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2606* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2607* Load Address 2608* Entry Point 2609* Image Name 2610* Image Timestamp 2611 2612The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2613and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2614CRC32 checksums. 2615 2616 2617Linux Support: 2618============== 2619 2620Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2621easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2622U-Boot. 2623 2624U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2625special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2626"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2627instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2628serves several purposes: 2629 2630- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2631 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2632 Flash memory footprint) 2633 2634- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2635 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2636 2637- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2638 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2639 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2640 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2641 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2642 software is easier now. 2643 2644 2645Linux HOWTO: 2646============ 2647 2648Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2649--------------------------------------- 2650 2651U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2652configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2653(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2654Linux :-). 2655 2656But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2657 2658Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2659include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2660Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2661sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2662U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2663 2664 2665Configuring the Linux kernel: 2666----------------------------- 2667 2668No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2669device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2670 2671 2672Building a Linux Image: 2673----------------------- 2674 2675With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2676not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2677"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2678U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2679which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2680100% compatible format. 2681 2682Example: 2683 2684 make TQM850L_config 2685 make oldconfig 2686 make dep 2687 make uImage 2688 2689The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2690encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2691CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2692 2693* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2694 2695* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2696 2697 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2698 -R .note -R .comment \ 2699 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2700 2701* compress the binary image: 2702 2703 gzip -9 linux.bin 2704 2705* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2706 2707 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2708 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2709 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2710 2711 2712The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2713with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2714combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2715byte header containing information about target architecture, 2716operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2717stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2718 2719"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2720print the header information, or to build new images. 2721 2722In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2723contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2724checksum verification: 2725 2726 tools/mkimage -l image 2727 -l ==> list image header information 2728 2729The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2730from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2731 2732 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2733 -n name -d data_file image 2734 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2735 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2736 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2737 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2738 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2739 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2740 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2741 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2742 2743Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2744address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2745kernel version: 2746 2747- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2748- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2749 2750So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2751 2752 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2753 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2754 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2755 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2756 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2757 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2758 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2759 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2760 Load Address: 0x00000000 2761 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2762 2763To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 2764 2765 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 2766 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2767 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2768 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2769 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2770 Load Address: 0x00000000 2771 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2772 2773NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 2774speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 2775needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 2776need to be uncompressed: 2777 2778 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 2779 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2780 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 2781 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 2782 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 2783 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2784 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2785 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 2786 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 2787 Load Address: 0x00000000 2788 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2789 2790 2791Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 2792when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 2793 2794 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 2795 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 2796 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 2797 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2798 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 2799 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2800 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 2801 Load Address: 0x00000000 2802 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2803 2804 2805Installing a Linux Image: 2806------------------------- 2807 2808To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 2809you must convert the image to S-Record format: 2810 2811 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 2812 2813The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 2814image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 2815address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 2816specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 2817command. 2818 2819Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 2820TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 2821 2822 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 2823 2824 .......... done 2825 Erased 8 sectors 2826 2827 => loads 40100000 2828 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2829 ~>examples/image.srec 2830 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 2831 ... 2832 15989 15990 15991 15992 2833 [file transfer complete] 2834 [connected] 2835 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 2836 2837 2838You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 2839this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 2840corruption happened: 2841 2842 => imi 40100000 2843 2844 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2845 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2846 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2847 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2848 Load Address: 00000000 2849 Entry Point: 0000000c 2850 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2851 2852 2853Boot Linux: 2854----------- 2855 2856The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 2857memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 2858of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 2859parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 2860"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 2861 2862 2863 => printenv bootargs 2864 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 2865 2866 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2867 2868 => printenv bootargs 2869 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2870 2871 => bootm 40020000 2872 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 2873 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 2874 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2875 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 2876 Load Address: 00000000 2877 Entry Point: 0000000c 2878 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2879 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2880 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 2881 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2882 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2883 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2884 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 2885 ... 2886 2887If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 2888the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 2889format!) to the "bootm" command: 2890 2891 => imi 40100000 40200000 2892 2893 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2894 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2895 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2896 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2897 Load Address: 00000000 2898 Entry Point: 0000000c 2899 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2900 2901 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 2902 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2903 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2904 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2905 Load Address: 00000000 2906 Entry Point: 00000000 2907 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2908 2909 => bootm 40100000 40200000 2910 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 2911 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2912 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2913 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2914 Load Address: 00000000 2915 Entry Point: 0000000c 2916 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2917 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2918 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 2919 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2920 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2921 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2922 Load Address: 00000000 2923 Entry Point: 00000000 2924 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2925 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 2926 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 2927 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 2928 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2929 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2930 ... 2931 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 2932 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 2933 2934 bash# 2935 2936More About U-Boot Image Types: 2937------------------------------ 2938 2939U-Boot supports the following image types: 2940 2941 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 2942 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 2943 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 2944 the Standalone Program. 2945 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 2946 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 2947 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 2948 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 2949 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 2950 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 2951 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 2952 being started. 2953 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 2954 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 2955 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 2956 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 2957 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 2958 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 2959 2960 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 2961 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 2962 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 2963 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 2964 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 2965 a multiple of 4 bytes). 2966 2967 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 2968 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 2969 flash memory. 2970 2971 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 2972 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 2973 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 2974 as command interpreter. 2975 2976 2977Standalone HOWTO: 2978================= 2979 2980One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 2981run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 2982U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 2983 2984Two simple examples are included with the sources: 2985 2986"Hello World" Demo: 2987------------------- 2988 2989'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 2990application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 2991It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 2992like that: 2993 2994 => loads 2995 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2996 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 2997 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 2998 [file transfer complete] 2999 [connected] 3000 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3001 3002 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 3003 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3004 Hello World 3005 argc = 7 3006 argv[0] = "40004" 3007 argv[1] = "Hello" 3008 argv[2] = "World!" 3009 argv[3] = "This" 3010 argv[4] = "is" 3011 argv[5] = "a" 3012 argv[6] = "test." 3013 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 3014 Hit any key to exit ... 3015 3016 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3017 3018Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 3019handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 3020Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 3021The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 3022character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 3023controlled by the following keys: 3024 3025 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3026 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3027 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3028 q - quit application 3029 3030 => loads 3031 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3032 ~>examples/timer.srec 3033 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3034 [file transfer complete] 3035 [connected] 3036 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3037 3038 => go 40004 3039 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3040 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3041 Using timer 1 3042 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3043 3044Hit 'b': 3045 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3046 Enabling timer 3047Hit '?': 3048 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3049 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3050Hit '?': 3051 [q, b, e, ?] . 3052 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3053Hit '?': 3054 [q, b, e, ?] . 3055 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3056Hit '?': 3057 [q, b, e, ?] . 3058 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3059Hit 'e': 3060 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3061Hit 'q': 3062 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3063 3064 3065Minicom warning: 3066================ 3067 3068Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3069"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3070consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3071Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3072especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3073use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3074 3075Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3076configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3077 3078 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3079 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3080 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3081 3082 3083NetBSD Notes: 3084============= 3085 3086Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3087(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3088 3089Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3090NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3091need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3092Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3093attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3094missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3095 3096 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3097 # mkdir powerpc 3098 # ln -s powerpc machine 3099 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3100 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3101 3102Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3103and U-Boot include files. 3104 3105Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3106stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3107proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3108tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3109meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3110 3111 3112Implementation Internals: 3113========================= 3114 3115The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3116implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3117inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3118hardware. 3119 3120 3121Initial Stack, Global Data: 3122--------------------------- 3123 3124The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3125starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3126system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3127This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3128is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3129at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3130options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3131models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3132MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3133locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3134 3135 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3136 u-boot-users mailing list: 3137 3138 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3139 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3140 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3141 ... 3142 3143 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3144 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3145 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3146 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3147 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3148 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3149 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3150 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3151 3152 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3153 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3154 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3155 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3156 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3157 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3158 used. 3159 3160 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3161 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3162 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3163 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3164 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3165 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3166 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3167 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3168 you get the config right. 3169 3170 -Chris Hallinan 3171 DS4.COM, Inc. 3172 3173It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3174code for the initialization procedures: 3175 3176* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3177 to write it. 3178 3179* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3180 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3181 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3182 3183* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3184 that. 3185 3186Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3187normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3188turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3189simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3190functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3191functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3192the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3193place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3194reserve for this purpose. 3195 3196When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3197relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3198GCC's implementation. 3199 3200For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3201 R1: stack pointer 3202 R2: TOC pointer 3203 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3204 R5-R10: parameter passing 3205 R13: small data area pointer 3206 R30: GOT pointer 3207 R31: frame pointer 3208 3209 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3210 3211 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3212 3213 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3214 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3215 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3216 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3217 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3218 624 text + 127 data). 3219 3220On ARM, the following registers are used: 3221 3222 R0: function argument word/integer result 3223 R1-R3: function argument word 3224 R9: GOT pointer 3225 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3226 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3227 R12: temporary workspace 3228 R13: stack pointer 3229 R14: link register 3230 R15: program counter 3231 3232 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3233 3234 3235Memory Management: 3236------------------ 3237 3238U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3239MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3240 3241The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3242controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3243memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3244physical memory banks. 3245 3246U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3247TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3248booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3249to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3250memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3251configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3252Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3253 3254Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3255of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3256 3257So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3258this: 3259 3260 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3261 : 3262 0x0000 1FFF 3263 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3264 : 3265 : 3266 3267 : 3268 : 3269 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3270 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3271 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3272 : 3273 0x00FD FFFF 3274 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3275 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3276 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3277 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3278 3279 3280System Initialization: 3281---------------------- 3282 3283In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3284(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3285configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3286To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3287To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3288initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3289which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3290part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3291the caches and the SIU. 3292 3293Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3294preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3295(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3296on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3297programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3298simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3299banks. 3300 3301When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3302different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3303bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 33040x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3305contiguous memory starting from 0. 3306 3307Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3308and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3309Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3310pages, and the final stack is set up. 3311 3312Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3313until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3314running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3315new address in RAM. 3316 3317 3318U-Boot Porting Guide: 3319---------------------- 3320 3321[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3322list, October 2002] 3323 3324 3325int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3326{ 3327 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3328 3329 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3330 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3331 3332 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3333 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3334 return 0; 3335 } 3336 3337 Download latest U-Boot source; 3338 3339 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3340 3341 if (clueless) { 3342 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3343 } 3344 3345 while (learning) { 3346 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3347 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3348 Read the source, Luke; 3349 } 3350 3351 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3352 Buy a BDI2000; 3353 } else { 3354 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3355 } 3356 3357 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3358 3359 Create your own board config file; 3360 3361 while (!running) { 3362 do { 3363 Add / modify source code; 3364 } until (compiles); 3365 Debug; 3366 if (clueless) 3367 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3368 } 3369 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3370 3371 return 0; 3372} 3373 3374void no_more_time (int sig) 3375{ 3376 hire_a_guru(); 3377} 3378 3379 3380Coding Standards: 3381----------------- 3382 3383All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3384coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux 3385kernel source directory. 3386 3387Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts 3388in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style 3389comments (//) in your code. 3390 3391Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3392- remove any trailing white space 3393- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3394- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3395- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3396- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3397 3398Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3399with a request to reformat the changes. 3400 3401 3402Submitting Patches: 3403------------------- 3404 3405Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3406establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3407may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3408 3409Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3410 3411When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3412it: 3413 3414* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3415 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3416 patch actually fixes something. 3417 3418* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3419 implementation. 3420 3421* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3422 3423* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3424 3425* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3426 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3427 3428* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3429 document these in the README file. 3430 3431* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3432 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3433 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3434 version of GNU diff. 3435 3436 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3437 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3438 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3439 directory information for the affected files). 3440 3441 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3442 gzipped text. 3443 3444* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3445 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3446 3447* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3448 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3449 3450 3451Notes: 3452 3453* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3454 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3455 for any of the boards. 3456 3457* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3458 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3459 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3460 3461* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3462 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3463 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3464 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3465 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3466 modification. 3467 3468* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3469 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3470