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27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
61 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
69 Where to get source code:
70 =========================
72 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
76 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
81 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88 - start from 8xxrom sources
89 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
91 - make it easier to add custom boards
92 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93 - extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
98 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
99 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
100 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
101 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
107 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109 in source files etc.). Example:
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
113 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
119 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
129 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
145 /arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
150 /at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /lib Architecture specific library files
184 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
185 /cpu CPU specific files
186 /lib Architecture specific library files
187 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
188 /cpu CPU specific files
189 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
190 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
191 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
192 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
193 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
194 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
195 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
196 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
197 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
198 /lib Architecture specific library files
199 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
200 /cpu CPU specific files
201 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
202 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
203 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
208 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
211 /board Board dependent files
212 /common Misc architecture independent functions
213 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
214 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
215 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
216 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
217 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
218 /include Header Files
219 /lib Files generic to all architectures
220 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
221 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
222 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
224 /post Power On Self Test
225 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
226 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
228 Software Configuration:
229 =======================
231 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
232 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
234 There are two classes of configuration variables:
236 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
237 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
240 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
241 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
242 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
245 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
246 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
247 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
248 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
252 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
253 ---------------------------------------------------
255 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
256 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
258 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
263 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
264 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
265 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
268 Configuration Options:
269 ----------------------
271 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
272 such information is kept in a configuration file
273 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
275 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
276 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
279 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
280 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
281 build a config tool - later.
284 The following options need to be configured:
286 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
288 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
290 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
291 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
293 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
294 Define exactly one of
296 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
297 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
298 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
300 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
301 Define exactly one of
302 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
304 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define one or more of
308 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
309 Define one or more of
310 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
311 the LCD display every second with
314 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
317 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
318 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
319 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
320 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
322 - Marvell Family Member
323 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
324 multiple fs option at one time
325 for marvell soc family
327 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
328 Define exactly one of
329 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
331 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
332 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
333 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
334 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
335 reference PIT/RTC clock
336 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
339 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
340 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
341 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
342 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
343 See doc/README.MPC866
345 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
347 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
348 of relying on the correctness of the configured
349 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
350 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
351 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
352 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
354 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
356 Define this option if you want to enable the
357 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
360 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
362 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
363 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
364 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
366 - Intel Monahans options:
367 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
369 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
370 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
371 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
373 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
375 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
376 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
377 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
380 - Linux Kernel Interface:
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
390 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
391 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
394 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
396 When transferring 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.
402 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
403 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
407 * New libfdt-based support
408 * Adds the "fdt" command
409 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
411 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
412 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
413 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
414 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
415 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
416 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
418 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
421 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
423 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
424 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
428 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
429 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
433 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
434 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
435 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
436 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
437 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
438 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
440 - vxWorks boot parameters:
442 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
443 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
444 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
446 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
447 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
448 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
449 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
451 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
453 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
455 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
456 the defaults discussed just above.
461 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
465 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
469 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
470 the clock speed of the UARTs.
474 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
475 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
476 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
478 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
480 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
481 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
482 this variable to initialize the extra register.
484 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
486 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
487 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
488 variable to flush the UART at init time.
492 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
493 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
494 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
495 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
497 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
498 port routines must be defined elsewhere
499 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
502 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
503 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
504 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
506 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
509 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
510 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
511 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
513 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
514 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
515 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
516 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
517 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
518 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
519 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
520 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
522 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
524 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
525 (requires blink timer
527 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
528 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
530 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
531 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
533 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
534 linux_logo.h for logo.
535 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
536 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
537 additional board info beside
540 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
541 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
542 environment 'console=serial'.
544 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
545 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
546 the "silent" environment variable. See
547 doc/README.silent for more information.
550 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
551 Select one of the baudrates listed in
552 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
553 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
555 - Console Rx buffer length
556 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
557 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
558 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
559 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
560 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
563 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
564 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
565 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
567 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
568 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
569 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
570 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
571 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
572 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
573 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
574 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
575 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
576 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
577 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
578 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
582 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
583 define a command string that is automatically executed
584 when no character is read on the console interface
585 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
588 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
589 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
590 environment value "bootargs".
592 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
593 The value of these goes into the environment as
594 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
595 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
601 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
602 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
603 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
604 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
605 entering interactive mode.
607 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
608 automatically generated or modified. For an example
609 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
610 modified when the user holds down a certain
611 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
614 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
616 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
617 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
618 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
619 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
620 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
621 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
623 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
625 Select one of the baudrates listed in
626 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
629 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
630 from the build by using the #include files
631 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
632 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
633 and augmenting with additional #define's
636 The default command configuration includes all commands
637 except those marked below with a "*".
639 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
640 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
641 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
642 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
643 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
644 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
645 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
646 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
647 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
648 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
649 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
650 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
651 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
652 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
653 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
654 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
655 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
656 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
657 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
658 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
659 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
660 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
661 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
662 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
663 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
664 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
665 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
666 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
667 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
668 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
669 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
670 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
671 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
672 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
673 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
674 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
675 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
676 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
677 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
678 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
679 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
680 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
681 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
682 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
683 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
684 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
685 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
687 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
688 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
689 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
690 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
691 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
692 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
693 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
694 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
695 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
696 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
697 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
699 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
700 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
701 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
702 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
703 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
704 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
705 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
706 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
708 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
709 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
710 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
711 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
712 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
713 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
714 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
715 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
718 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
719 support you can write:
721 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
722 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
725 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
727 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
728 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
729 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
730 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
731 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
732 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
733 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
734 initial stack and some data.
737 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
741 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
742 support. There must be support in the platform specific
743 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
744 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
748 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
749 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
750 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
751 version as printed by the "version" command.
752 This variable is readonly.
756 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
757 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
760 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
761 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
762 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
763 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
764 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
765 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
766 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
767 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
768 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
769 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
770 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
771 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
774 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
775 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
778 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
779 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
781 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
782 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
783 pins supported by a particular chip.
785 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
786 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
790 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
791 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
792 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
793 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
796 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
797 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
799 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
800 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
801 least one partition type as well.
804 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
805 board configurations files but used nowhere!
807 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
808 be performed by calling the function
809 ide_set_reset(int reset)
810 which has to be defined in a board specific file
815 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
820 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
821 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
822 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
823 support disks up to 2.1TB.
825 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
826 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
830 At the moment only there is only support for the
831 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
832 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
834 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
835 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
836 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
837 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
839 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
841 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
843 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
845 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
846 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
849 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
850 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
851 write routine for first time initialisation.
854 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
855 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
856 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
859 Support for National dp83815 chips.
862 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
864 - NETWORK Support (other):
866 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
867 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
870 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
872 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
873 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
874 The driver doen't show link status messages.
876 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
877 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
880 Define this to hold the physical address
881 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
883 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
884 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
886 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
887 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
890 Define this to hold the physical address
891 of the device (I/O space)
893 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
894 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
896 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
897 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
898 (some hardware wont work with macros)
901 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
903 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
904 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
905 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
906 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
907 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
908 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
909 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
910 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
913 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
916 Define this to hold the physical address
917 of the device (I/O space)
919 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
920 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
922 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
923 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
924 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
925 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
928 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
930 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
931 Define the number of ports to be used
933 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
934 Define the ETH PHY's address
936 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
937 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
940 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
941 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
942 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
943 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
944 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
947 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
949 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
951 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
955 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
956 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
957 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
958 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
959 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
960 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
961 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
964 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
965 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
966 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
967 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
968 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
969 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
970 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
971 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
972 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
974 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
975 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
976 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
977 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
980 Define this to build a UDC device
983 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
984 talk to the UDC device
986 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
987 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
991 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
992 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
993 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
995 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
996 Derive USB clock from brgclk
997 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
999 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1000 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1001 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1002 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1003 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1004 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1006 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1007 Define this string as the name of your company for
1008 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1010 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1011 Define this string as the name of your product
1012 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1014 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1015 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1016 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1017 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1018 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1020 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1021 Define this as the unique Product ID
1023 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1027 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1028 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1029 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1030 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1031 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1032 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1034 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1035 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1036 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1037 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1039 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1040 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1041 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1043 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1044 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1045 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1047 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1048 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1049 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1050 have not defined a custom partition
1055 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1059 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1060 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1061 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1062 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1067 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1070 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1072 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1074 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1075 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1076 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1077 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1080 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1081 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1083 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1084 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1086 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1087 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1088 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1089 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1090 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1091 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1092 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1093 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1095 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1096 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1099 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1100 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1101 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1102 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1105 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1106 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1107 support, and should also define these other macros:
1113 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1114 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1116 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1118 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1119 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1120 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1121 description of this variable.
1126 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1127 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1128 defined in your board-specific files.
1129 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1131 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1133 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1134 display); also select one of the supported displays
1135 by defining one of these:
1139 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1141 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1143 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1145 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1147 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1148 Active, color, single scan.
1150 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1152 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1153 Active, color, single scan.
1157 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1158 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1160 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1162 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1163 Active, color, single scan.
1167 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1168 Active, color, single scan.
1172 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1174 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1178 320x240. Black & white.
1180 Normally display is black on white background; define
1181 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1183 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1185 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1186 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1187 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1188 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1189 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1190 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1191 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1192 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1194 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1196 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1197 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1198 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1199 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1200 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1201 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1204 setenv splashpos m,m
1205 => image at center of screen
1207 setenv splashpos 30,20
1208 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1210 setenv splashpos -10,m
1211 => vertically centered image
1212 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1214 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1216 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1217 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1218 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1220 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1222 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1223 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1226 - Compression support:
1229 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1230 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1231 compressed images are supported.
1233 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1234 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1239 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1242 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1243 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1246 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1248 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1249 and Literal pos bits.
1251 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1252 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1253 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1254 a very small buffer.
1256 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1257 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1258 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1263 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1265 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1267 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1271 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1272 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1274 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1276 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1277 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1278 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1279 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1281 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1283 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1284 command issued before MII status register can be read
1294 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1295 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1296 is not determined automatically.
1301 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1302 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1303 determined through e.g. bootp.
1305 - Server IP address:
1308 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1309 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1311 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1313 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1314 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1316 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1319 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1320 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1321 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1322 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1325 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1326 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1327 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1329 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1330 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1331 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1332 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1333 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1334 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1335 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1336 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1337 following delays are inserted then:
1339 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1340 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1341 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1343 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1345 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1346 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1347 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1349 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1350 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1351 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1352 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1353 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1354 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1357 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1358 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1359 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1360 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1362 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1363 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1365 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1366 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1367 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1368 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1369 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1370 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1371 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1374 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1375 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1376 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1377 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1378 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1379 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1381 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1383 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1384 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1385 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1386 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1387 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1388 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1389 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1390 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1391 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1392 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1396 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1398 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1400 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1402 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1407 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1408 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1409 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1411 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1413 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1414 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1418 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1422 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1426 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1428 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1430 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1431 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1433 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1435 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1437 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1439 Several configurations allow to display the current
1440 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1441 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1442 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1443 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1444 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1445 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1448 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1450 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1451 on those systems that support this (optional)
1452 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1454 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1456 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1457 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1458 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1460 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1461 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1462 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1463 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1464 command line interface.
1466 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1468 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1469 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1472 There are several other quantities that must also be
1473 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1475 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1476 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1477 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1478 the CPU's i2c node address).
1480 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1481 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1482 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1483 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1484 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1486 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1488 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1489 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1490 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1491 commands until the slave device responds.
1493 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1495 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1496 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1497 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1501 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1502 controller or configure ports.
1504 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1508 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1509 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1510 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1514 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1515 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1518 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1522 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1523 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1526 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1530 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1533 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1537 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1538 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1540 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1541 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1542 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1546 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1547 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1549 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1550 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1551 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1555 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1556 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1557 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1560 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1562 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1564 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1565 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1566 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1567 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1569 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1570 the generic GPIO functions.
1572 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1574 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1575 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1576 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1577 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1578 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1579 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1580 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1581 is run early in the boot sequence.
1583 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1585 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1586 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1587 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1588 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1589 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1590 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1591 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1592 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1594 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1596 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1597 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1598 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1600 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1602 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1603 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1604 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1605 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1607 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1609 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1610 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1611 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1612 a 1D array of device addresses
1615 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1616 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1618 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1620 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1621 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1623 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1625 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1627 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1628 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1630 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1632 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1633 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1635 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1637 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1638 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1640 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1642 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1643 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1644 specified DTT device.
1648 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1649 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1653 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1654 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1655 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1656 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1657 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1658 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1660 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1664 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1665 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1666 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1668 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1670 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1671 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1674 Busses reached over muxes:
1676 reached over Mux(es):
1679 reached over Mux(es):
1684 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1685 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1686 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1689 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1690 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1693 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1694 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1695 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1696 to add this option to other architectures.
1698 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1700 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1701 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1702 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1703 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1704 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1705 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1708 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1710 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1711 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1712 D/As on the SACSng board)
1716 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1717 only SH7757 is supported.
1721 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1722 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1726 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1727 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1728 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1729 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1730 defined, the board configuration must define several
1731 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1732 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1736 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1737 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1738 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1739 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1740 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1744 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1745 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1747 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1749 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1751 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1753 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1756 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1758 Enables support for FPGA family.
1759 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1763 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1765 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1767 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1769 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1771 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1772 status by the configuration function. This option
1773 will require a board or device specific function to
1778 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1779 configuration driver.
1781 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1782 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1784 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1786 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1787 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1788 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1789 indicated a CRC error).
1791 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1793 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1794 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1795 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1798 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1800 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1801 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1803 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1805 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1808 - Configuration Management:
1811 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1812 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1814 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1816 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1817 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1818 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1819 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1820 protects these variables from casual modification by
1821 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1822 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1823 change this behaviour:
1825 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1826 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1827 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1830 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1831 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1832 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1833 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1834 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1840 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1841 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1842 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1843 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1844 this default value by defining an environment
1845 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1846 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1847 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1848 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1849 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1850 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1851 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1853 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1856 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1857 either, which results in a memory region that will
1858 not be affected by reboots.
1860 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1861 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1862 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1863 following board configurations are known to be
1866 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1867 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1873 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1874 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1875 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1876 system where you want the system to reboot
1877 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1878 useful during development since you can try to debug
1879 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1881 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1883 This variable defines the number of retries for
1884 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1885 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1886 default value of 5 is used.
1890 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1892 - Command Interpreter:
1893 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1895 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1897 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1898 for the "hush" shell.
1901 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
1903 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1904 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1905 powerful command line syntax like
1906 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1907 constructs ("shell scripts").
1909 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1910 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1913 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1915 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1916 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1917 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1921 In the current implementation, the local variables
1922 space and global environment variables space are
1923 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1924 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1925 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1926 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1927 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1929 Global environment variables are those you use
1930 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1931 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1932 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1934 To store commands and special characters in a
1935 variable, please use double quotation marks
1936 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1937 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1940 - Commandline Editing and History:
1941 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1943 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
1944 commandline input operations
1946 - Default Environment:
1947 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1949 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1950 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1951 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1953 For example, place something like this in your
1954 board's config file:
1956 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1960 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1961 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1962 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1963 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1964 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1965 You better know what you are doing here.
1967 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1968 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1969 the environment like the "source" command or the
1972 - DataFlash Support:
1973 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1975 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1976 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1979 - SystemACE Support:
1982 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1983 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1984 of the chip must also be defined in the
1985 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1987 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1988 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1990 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1991 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1993 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1996 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
1997 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
1998 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
1999 number generator is used.
2001 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2002 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2003 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2005 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2006 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2007 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2008 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2009 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2010 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2011 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2013 - Show boot progress:
2014 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2016 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2017 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2018 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2019 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2020 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2021 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2023 - Standalone program support:
2024 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2026 This option allows to define board specific values
2027 for the address where standalone program gets loaded,
2028 thus overwriting the architecutre dependent default
2031 - Frame Buffer Address:
2034 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific address for
2036 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to defined address
2037 instead of lcd_setmem (this function grab the memory for frame buffer
2040 Please see board_init_f function.
2042 If you want this config option then,
2043 please define it at your board config file
2045 Legacy uImage format:
2048 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2049 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2050 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2051 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2052 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2053 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2054 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2055 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2056 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2057 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2058 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2059 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2060 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2061 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2062 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2063 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2065 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2066 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2067 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2068 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2069 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2070 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2071 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2072 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2073 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2074 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2076 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2078 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2079 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2080 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2082 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2083 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2084 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2085 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2086 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2087 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2088 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2089 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2090 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2091 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2092 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2093 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2094 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2095 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2096 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2097 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2098 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2099 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2100 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2101 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2102 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2103 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2104 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2105 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2106 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2107 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2108 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2109 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2110 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2111 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2112 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2113 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2114 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2115 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2116 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2117 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2118 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2119 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2120 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2121 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2122 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2123 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2124 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2125 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2126 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2127 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2128 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2130 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2132 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2133 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2134 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2136 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2137 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2138 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2139 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2140 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2141 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2142 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2143 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2144 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2149 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2150 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2151 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2152 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2153 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2154 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2155 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2156 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2157 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2158 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2159 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2160 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2161 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2162 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2163 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2164 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2165 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2166 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2167 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2168 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2169 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2170 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2172 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2173 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2174 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2175 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2176 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2177 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2178 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2179 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2180 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2181 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2182 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2183 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2184 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2185 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2186 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2187 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2189 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2190 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2192 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2193 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2195 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2196 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2198 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2200 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2201 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2203 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2204 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2206 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2209 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2210 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2212 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2214 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2215 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2221 [so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
2223 - Modem support enable:
2224 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2226 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2229 - Modem debug support:
2230 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2232 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2233 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2235 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2237 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2238 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2239 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2240 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2241 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2242 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2243 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2244 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2245 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2246 general timer_interrupt().
2250 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2251 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2252 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2253 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2254 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2255 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2258 If there are no modem init strings in the
2259 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2260 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2263 See also: doc/README.Modem
2266 Configuration Settings:
2267 -----------------------
2269 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2270 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2272 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2273 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2275 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2276 prompt for user input.
2278 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2280 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2282 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2284 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2285 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2288 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2289 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2291 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2292 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2294 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2295 If the board specific function
2296 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2297 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2298 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2300 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2301 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2303 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2304 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2306 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2307 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2310 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2311 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2313 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2314 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2315 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2317 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2318 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2319 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2320 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2321 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2322 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2323 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2324 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2325 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2326 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2328 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2329 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2332 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2333 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2334 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2335 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2338 - CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2339 Default load address for network file downloads
2341 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2342 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2344 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2345 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2347 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2348 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2351 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2352 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2354 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2355 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2356 make config files to be same as the text base address
2357 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2358 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2360 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2361 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2362 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2363 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2366 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2367 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2369 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2370 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2371 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2372 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2373 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2375 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2376 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2377 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2378 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2379 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2380 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2381 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2382 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2383 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2384 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2385 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2387 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2388 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2389 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2392 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2393 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2394 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2396 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2397 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2398 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2400 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2401 Max number of Flash memory banks
2403 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2404 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2406 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2407 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2409 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2410 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2412 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2413 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2415 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2416 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2418 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2419 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2420 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2422 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2424 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2425 without this option such a download has to be
2426 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2427 copy from RAM to flash.
2429 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2430 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2431 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2432 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2433 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2435 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2436 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2437 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2439 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2440 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2441 in the drivers directory
2443 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2444 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2445 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2448 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2449 Use buffered writes to flash.
2451 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2452 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2455 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2456 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2457 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2458 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2459 optionally available.
2461 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2462 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2463 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2464 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2466 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2467 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2468 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2469 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2470 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2471 on high Ethernet traffic.
2472 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2474 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2476 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2477 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2478 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2479 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2480 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2482 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2483 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2484 following configurations:
2486 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2488 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2490 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2491 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2492 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2493 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2494 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2495 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2496 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2497 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2498 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2499 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2500 between U-Boot and the environment.
2502 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2504 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2505 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2506 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2507 for this sector is given here.
2509 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2513 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2514 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2517 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2519 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2522 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2523 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2528 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2529 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2530 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2531 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2533 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2534 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2535 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2536 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2537 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2538 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2539 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2540 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2541 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2543 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2544 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2546 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2547 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2548 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2549 a "saveenv" operation.
2551 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2552 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2556 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2558 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2559 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2565 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2566 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2567 can just be read and written to, without any special
2570 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2571 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2572 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2575 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2576 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2577 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2578 to save the current settings.
2581 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2583 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2584 device and a driver for it.
2586 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2589 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2590 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2592 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2593 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2594 The default address is zero.
2596 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2597 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2598 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2599 would require six bits.
2601 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2602 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2603 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2605 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2606 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2607 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2609 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2610 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2611 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2612 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2613 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2616 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2617 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2618 in the chip address.
2620 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
2621 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2623 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2624 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2625 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2627 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2628 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2629 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2630 EEPROM. For example:
2632 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
2634 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2635 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
2637 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2639 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
2640 want to use for the environment.
2642 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2646 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2647 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2648 at the specified address.
2650 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2652 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2653 for the environment.
2655 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2658 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2659 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
2660 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2662 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
2664 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
2665 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
2666 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
2667 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
2668 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2670 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
2672 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
2673 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
2674 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
2675 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
2676 the range to be avoided.
2678 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
2680 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
2681 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
2682 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
2683 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
2684 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
2686 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2688 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2689 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2690 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2692 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2694 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2695 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2696 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2697 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2698 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2699 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2700 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2702 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2703 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2704 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
2705 until then to read environment variables.
2707 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2708 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2709 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2710 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2711 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2712 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2714 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2715 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2716 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2718 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2719 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2721 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2722 also needs to be defined.
2724 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2725 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2727 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2728 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2729 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2730 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2731 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2732 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2734 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2735 ---------------------------------------------------
2737 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2738 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2740 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2741 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2743 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2744 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2745 the IMMR register after a reset.
2747 - Floppy Disk Support:
2748 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2750 the default drive number (default value 0)
2752 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2754 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
2757 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2759 defines the offset of register from address. It
2760 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2761 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
2763 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2764 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2767 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2768 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2769 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2770 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2774 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2775 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2776 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2777 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2778 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
2781 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2782 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2783 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
2785 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2787 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2788 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2789 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2790 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2791 will become available only after programming the
2792 memory controller and running certain initialization
2795 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2796 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2797 - MPC824X: data cache
2798 - PPC4xx: data cache
2800 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2802 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2803 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2804 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2805 data is located at the end of the available space
2806 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
2807 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2808 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2809 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2812 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2813 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2814 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2815 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2816 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2818 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2820 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2822 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2824 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2826 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2828 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2830 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2833 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2834 periodic timer for refresh
2836 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2838 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2839 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2840 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2841 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2842 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2844 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2845 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2846 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2847 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2849 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2850 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
2851 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2852 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2854 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2855 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2856 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2858 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2859 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2860 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2862 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2863 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2864 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2866 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
2867 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2868 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2869 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2871 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
2872 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2873 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2874 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2877 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2878 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2879 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2880 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2881 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2882 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2883 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2884 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2885 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2887 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
2888 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
2892 Chip has SRIO or not
2895 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2898 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2900 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2901 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2903 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
2904 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2906 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2907 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2910 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2911 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2914 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2916 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2917 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2918 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2919 to something your driver can deal with.
2921 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2922 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2923 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2925 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2926 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2928 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2929 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
2930 to the given FEC; i. e.
2931 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
2932 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2934 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2936 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2937 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2938 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2941 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2942 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2943 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2945 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2946 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2949 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2951 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2952 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2956 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2957 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2960 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2965 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2967 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
2968 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2970 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
2971 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2973 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2974 [ARM only] If this variable is defined, then certain
2975 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
2976 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
2977 relocate itself into RAM.
2979 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
2980 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
2981 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
2982 these initializations itself.
2985 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
2986 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
2987 compiling a NAND SPL.
2989 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
2990 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
2991 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
2992 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
2993 conditions but may increase the binary size.
2995 Building the Software:
2996 ======================
2998 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2999 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3000 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3001 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3002 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3003 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3005 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3006 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3007 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3008 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3009 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3011 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3012 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3014 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3015 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3016 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3017 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3019 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3021 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3022 be executed on computers running Windows.
3024 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3025 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3030 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3031 rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
3033 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3034 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3035 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3036 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3037 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3040 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3042 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3043 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3048 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3049 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3051 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3052 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3053 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3055 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3056 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3057 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3059 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3061 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3062 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3063 make O=/tmp/build all
3065 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3067 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3072 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3076 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3077 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3081 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3082 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3085 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
3086 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
3087 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
3088 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
3090 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3091 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3092 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3093 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3095 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3096 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3097 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
3098 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3099 to be installed on your target system.
3100 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3101 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3104 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3105 ==============================================================
3107 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3108 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3109 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3110 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3111 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3113 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3114 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3115 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3116 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
3117 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3118 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3119 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3122 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3124 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3126 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3128 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3129 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3130 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3131 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3132 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3133 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3134 variable. For example:
3136 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3137 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3138 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3140 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3141 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3142 during the whole build process.
3145 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3148 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3149 ============================
3151 go - start application at address 'addr'
3152 run - run commands in an environment variable
3153 bootm - boot application image from memory
3154 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3155 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3156 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3157 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3158 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3159 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3160 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3161 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3163 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3164 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3165 mw - memory write (fill)
3167 cmp - memory compare
3168 crc32 - checksum calculation
3169 i2c - I2C sub-system
3170 sspi - SPI utility commands
3171 base - print or set address offset
3172 printenv- print environment variables
3173 setenv - set environment variables
3174 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3175 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3176 erase - erase FLASH memory
3177 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3178 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3179 iminfo - print header information for application image
3180 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3181 ide - IDE sub-system
3182 loop - infinite loop on address range
3183 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3184 mtest - simple RAM test
3185 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3186 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3187 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3188 echo - echo args to console
3189 version - print monitor version
3190 help - print online help
3191 ? - alias for 'help'
3194 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3195 ========================================
3199 For now: just type "help <command>".
3202 Environment Variables:
3203 ======================
3205 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3206 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3208 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3209 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3210 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3211 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3212 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3213 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3215 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3217 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3219 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3221 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3223 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3225 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3227 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3229 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3230 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3231 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3232 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3233 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3234 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3235 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3238 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3239 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3240 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3241 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3242 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3243 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3246 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3247 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3248 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3249 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3250 environment variable.
3252 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3253 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3254 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3256 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3257 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3258 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3259 load any image using TFTP
3261 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3262 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3263 be automatically started (by internally calling
3266 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3267 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3268 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3269 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3272 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3273 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3274 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3275 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3276 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3278 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3279 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3280 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3281 is usually what you want since it allows for
3282 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3283 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3284 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3285 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3286 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3287 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3288 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3290 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3291 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3292 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3293 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3294 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3295 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3297 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3299 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3300 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3301 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3302 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3303 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3304 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3305 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3307 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3309 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3310 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3312 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3314 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3316 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3318 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3320 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3322 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3323 interface is used first.
3325 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3326 interface is currently active. For example you
3327 can do the following
3329 => setenv ethact FEC
3330 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3331 => setenv ethact SCC
3332 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3334 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3335 available network interfaces.
3336 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3338 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3339 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3340 When set to "once" the network operation will
3341 fail when all the available network interfaces
3342 are tried once without success.
3343 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3346 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3348 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3351 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3352 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3354 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3355 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3357 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3358 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3359 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3360 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3361 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3362 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3363 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3365 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3366 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3369 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3370 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3371 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3373 bootfile - see above
3374 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3375 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3376 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3377 hostname - Target hostname
3379 netmask - Subnet Mask
3380 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3381 serverip - see above
3384 There are two special Environment Variables:
3386 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3387 as type string and/or serial number
3388 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3390 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3391 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3392 once they have been set once.
3395 Further special Environment Variables:
3397 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3398 with the "version" command. This variable is
3399 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3402 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3403 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3406 Command Line Parsing:
3407 =====================
3409 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3410 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3412 Old, simple command line parser:
3413 --------------------------------
3415 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3416 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3417 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3418 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3420 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3421 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3422 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3427 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3428 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3429 until...do...done, ...
3430 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3431 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3432 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3438 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3439 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3440 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3443 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3444 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3445 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3446 variables are not executed.
3448 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3449 =======================================
3451 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3452 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3453 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3455 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3456 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3457 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3459 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3460 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3461 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3462 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3464 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3465 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3467 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3468 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3471 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3472 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3474 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3475 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3478 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3481 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3482 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3483 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3484 The naming convention is as follows:
3485 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
3490 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3491 images in two formats:
3493 New uImage format (FIT)
3494 -----------------------
3496 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3497 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3498 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3499 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3505 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3506 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3507 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3509 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3510 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3511 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3512 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3514 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
3515 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3516 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
3517 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3523 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3524 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3531 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3532 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3535 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3536 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3537 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3538 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3539 serves several purposes:
3541 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3542 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3543 Flash memory footprint)
3545 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3546 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3548 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3549 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3550 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3551 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3552 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3553 software is easier now.
3559 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3560 ---------------------------------------
3562 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3563 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3564 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3567 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3569 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3570 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3571 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3572 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3573 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3576 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3577 -----------------------------
3579 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3580 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3583 Building a Linux Image:
3584 -----------------------
3586 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3587 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3588 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3589 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3590 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3591 100% compatible format.
3600 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3601 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3602 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3604 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3606 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3608 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3609 -R .note -R .comment \
3610 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3612 * compress the binary image:
3616 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3618 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3619 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3620 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3623 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3624 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3625 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3626 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3627 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3628 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3630 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3631 print the header information, or to build new images.
3633 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3634 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3635 checksum verification:
3637 tools/mkimage -l image
3638 -l ==> list image header information
3640 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3641 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3643 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3644 -n name -d data_file image
3645 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3646 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3647 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3648 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3649 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3650 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3651 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3652 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3654 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3655 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3658 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3659 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3661 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3663 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3664 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3665 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3666 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3667 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3668 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3669 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3670 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3671 Load Address: 0x00000000
3672 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3674 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3676 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3677 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3678 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3679 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3680 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3681 Load Address: 0x00000000
3682 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3684 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3685 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3686 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3687 need to be uncompressed:
3689 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3690 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3691 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3692 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3693 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3694 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3695 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3696 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3697 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3698 Load Address: 0x00000000
3699 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3702 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3703 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3705 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3706 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3707 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3708 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3709 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3710 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3711 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3712 Load Address: 0x00000000
3713 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3716 Installing a Linux Image:
3717 -------------------------
3719 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3720 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3722 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3724 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3725 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3726 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3727 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3730 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3731 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3733 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3739 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3740 ~>examples/image.srec
3741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3743 15989 15990 15991 15992
3744 [file transfer complete]
3746 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3749 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3750 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3751 corruption happened:
3755 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3756 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3757 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3758 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3759 Load Address: 00000000
3760 Entry Point: 0000000c
3761 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3767 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3768 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3769 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3770 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3771 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3774 => printenv bootargs
3775 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3777 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3779 => printenv bootargs
3780 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3783 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3784 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3785 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3786 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3787 Load Address: 00000000
3788 Entry Point: 0000000c
3789 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3790 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3791 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
3792 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3793 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3794 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3795 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3798 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3799 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3800 format!) to the "bootm" command:
3802 => imi 40100000 40200000
3804 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3805 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3806 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3807 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3808 Load Address: 00000000
3809 Entry Point: 0000000c
3810 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3812 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3813 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3814 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3815 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3816 Load Address: 00000000
3817 Entry Point: 00000000
3818 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3820 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3821 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3822 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3823 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3824 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3825 Load Address: 00000000
3826 Entry Point: 0000000c
3827 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3828 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3829 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3830 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3831 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3832 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3833 Load Address: 00000000
3834 Entry Point: 00000000
3835 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3836 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3837 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
3838 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3839 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3840 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3842 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3843 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3847 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3850 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3851 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3852 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3858 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3859 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
3860 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3862 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3863 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3864 Load address: 0x300000
3867 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3868 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3869 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3871 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3873 Load address: 0x200000
3874 Loading:############
3876 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3881 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3882 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3883 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3884 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3885 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3886 Load Address: 00000000
3887 Entry Point: 00000000
3888 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3889 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3890 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3891 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3892 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3896 More About U-Boot Image Types:
3897 ------------------------------
3899 U-Boot supports the following image types:
3901 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3902 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3903 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3904 the Standalone Program.
3905 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3906 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3907 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3908 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3909 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3910 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3911 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3913 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3914 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3915 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3916 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3917 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3918 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3920 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3921 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3922 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3923 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3924 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3925 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3927 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3928 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3931 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3932 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3933 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3934 as command interpreter.
3940 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3941 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3942 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3944 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3949 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3950 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3951 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3955 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3956 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3957 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3958 [file transfer complete]
3960 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3962 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3963 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3974 Hit any key to exit ...
3976 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3978 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3979 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3980 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3981 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3982 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3983 controlled by the following keys:
3985 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3986 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3987 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3988 q - quit application
3991 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3992 ~>examples/timer.srec
3993 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3994 [file transfer complete]
3996 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3999 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4002 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4005 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4008 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4009 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4012 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4015 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4018 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4020 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4022 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4028 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4029 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4030 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4031 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4032 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4033 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4035 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4036 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4038 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4039 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4040 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4046 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4047 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4049 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4050 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4051 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4052 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4053 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4054 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4056 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4058 # ln -s powerpc machine
4059 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4060 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4062 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4063 and U-Boot include files.
4065 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4066 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4067 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4068 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4069 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4072 Implementation Internals:
4073 =========================
4075 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4076 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4077 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4081 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4082 ---------------------------
4084 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4085 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4086 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4087 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4088 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4089 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4090 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4091 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4092 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4093 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4095 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4096 U-Boot mailing list:
4098 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4099 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4100 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4103 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4104 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4105 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4106 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4107 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4108 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4109 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4110 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4112 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4113 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4114 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4115 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4116 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4117 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4120 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4121 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4122 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4123 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4124 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4125 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4126 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4127 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4128 you get the config right.
4133 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4134 code for the initialization procedures:
4136 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4139 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
4140 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4141 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4143 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4146 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4147 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4148 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4149 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4150 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4151 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4152 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4153 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4154 reserve for this purpose.
4156 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4157 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4158 GCC's implementation.
4160 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4162 R2: reserved for system use
4163 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4164 R5-R10: parameter passing
4165 R13: small data area pointer
4169 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4170 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4171 going back and forth between asm and C)
4173 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4175 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4176 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4177 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4178 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4179 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4180 624 text + 127 data).
4182 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4183 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4185 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4187 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4189 R0: function argument word/integer result
4190 R1-R3: function argument word
4192 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4193 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4194 R12: temporary workspace
4197 R15: program counter
4199 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4201 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4202 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4204 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4206 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4207 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4209 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4210 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4215 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4216 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4218 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4219 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4220 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4221 physical memory banks.
4223 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4224 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4225 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4226 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4227 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4228 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4229 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4231 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4232 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4234 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4237 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4240 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4246 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4247 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4248 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4251 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4252 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4253 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4254 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4257 System Initialization:
4258 ----------------------
4260 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4261 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4262 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4263 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4264 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4265 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4266 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4267 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4268 the caches and the SIU.
4270 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4271 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4272 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4273 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4274 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4275 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4278 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4279 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4280 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4281 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4282 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4284 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4285 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4286 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4287 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4289 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4290 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4291 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4295 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4296 ----------------------
4298 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4302 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4304 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4306 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4307 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4309 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4310 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4314 Download latest U-Boot source;
4316 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4319 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4322 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4323 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4324 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4325 Read the source, Luke;
4326 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4329 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4332 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4334 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4335 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4336 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4338 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4339 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4341 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4342 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4347 Add / modify source code;
4351 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4353 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4354 if (reasonable critiques)
4355 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4357 Defend code as written;
4363 void no_more_time (int sig)
4372 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4373 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4374 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4375 originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4376 spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4378 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4379 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4380 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4383 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4384 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4387 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4388 - remove any trailing white space
4389 - use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4390 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4391 - do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4392 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4394 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4395 with a request to reformat the changes.
4401 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4402 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4403 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4405 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4407 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4408 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4410 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4413 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4414 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4415 patch actually fixes something.
4417 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4420 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4422 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4424 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4425 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
4427 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4428 document these in the README file.
4430 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4431 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4432 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4433 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4434 with some other mail clients.
4436 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4437 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4440 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4441 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4442 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4445 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4446 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4448 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4449 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4451 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4452 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4457 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4458 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4459 for any of the boards.
4461 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4462 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4463 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4465 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4466 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4467 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4468 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4469 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4472 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4473 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4474 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4475 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.