1# 2# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 4# 5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this 6# project. 7# 8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 10# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 11# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12# 13# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16# GNU General Public License for more details. 17# 18# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 20# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, 21# MA 02111-1307 USA 22# 23 24Summary: 25======== 26 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other 29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to 30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application 31code. 32 33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 35header files in common, and special provision has been made to 36support booting of Linux images. 37 38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily 39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are 40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to 41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used 42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can 43load and run it dynamically. 44 45 46Status: 47======= 48 49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 52 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out 54who contributed the specific port. 55 56 57Where to get help: 58================== 59 60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of 63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive 64before asking FAQ's. Please see 65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/ 66 67 68Where we come from: 69=================== 70 71- start from 8xxrom sources 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 73- clean up code 74- make it easier to add custom boards 75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 76- extend functions, especially: 77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 78 * S-Record download 79 * network boot 80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 84 85 86Names and Spelling: 87=================== 88 89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 91in source files etc.). Example: 92 93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 94 95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 96 97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 98 99 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 100 101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 103 104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 106 107 108Versioning: 109=========== 110 111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a 112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2", 113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4". 114 115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development 116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of 117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0". 118 119 120Directory Hierarchy: 121==================== 122 123- board Board dependent files 124- common Misc architecture independent functions 125- cpu CPU specific files 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs 127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs 128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs 132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs 133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs 135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs 136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs 137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs 138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs 139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs 140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs 141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs 142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs 143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs 144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs 145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs 146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs 147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs 148 - ppc4xx Files specific to IBM PowerPC 4xx CPUs 149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs 150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs 151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs 152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling 153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 154- drivers Commonly used device drivers 155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers 156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 157- include Header Files 158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture 159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures 160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture 161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture 164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 165- net Networking code 166- post Power On Self Test 167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers 168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 169 170Software Configuration: 171======================= 172 173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 175 176There are two classes of configuration variables: 177 178* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 180 "CONFIG_". 181 182* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 185 "CFG_". 186 187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even 188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to 189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic 190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards 191as an example here. 192 193 194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 195--------------------------------------------------- 196 197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config". 199 200Example: For a TQM823L module type: 201 202 cd u-boot 203 make TQM823L_config 204 205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well; 206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent 207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README. 208 209 210Configuration Options: 211---------------------- 212 213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 214such information is kept in a configuration file 215"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 216 217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 218"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 219 220 221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 223build a config tool - later. 224 225 226The following options need to be configured: 227 228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of 229 230 PowerPC based CPUs: 231 ------------------- 232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860 233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx 234 or CONFIG_MPC8220 235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260 236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx 237 or CONFIG_IOP480 238 or CONFIG_405GP 239 or CONFIG_405EP 240 or CONFIG_440 241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx 242 or CONFIG_750FX 243 244 ARM based CPUs: 245 --------------- 246 CONFIG_SA1110 247 CONFIG_ARM7 248 CONFIG_PXA250 249 250 MicroBlaze based CPUs: 251 ---------------------- 252 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE 253 254 Nios-2 based CPUs: 255 ---------------------- 256 CONFIG_NIOS2 257 258 259- Board Type: Define exactly one of 260 261 PowerPC based boards: 262 --------------------- 263 264 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405 265 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2 266 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6 267 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e 268 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405 269 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826 270 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260 271 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823 272 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850 273 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T 274 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823 275 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic 276 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite 277 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper 278 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto 279 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng 280 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240 281 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245 282 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8260 283 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_sbc8560 284 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SM850 285 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_SPD823TS 286 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_STXGP3 287 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_SXNI855T 288 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM823L 289 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM8260 290 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM850L 291 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM855L 292 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TQM860L 293 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_TTTech 294 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_UTX8245 295 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_V37 296 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMC 297 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_W7OLMG 298 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_WALNUT 299 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZPC1900 300 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC CONFIG_ZUMA 301 302 ARM based boards: 303 ----------------- 304 305 CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, CONFIG_DNP1110, 306 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, 307 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, 308 CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, 309 CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, CONFIG_SHANNON, 310 CONFIG_P2_OMAP730, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, 311 CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9 312 313 MicroBlaze based boards: 314 ------------------------ 315 316 CONFIG_SUZAKU 317 318 Nios-2 based boards: 319 ------------------------ 320 321 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20 322 323 324- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 325 Define exactly one of 326 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD 327--- FIXME --- not tested yet: 328 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P, 329 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50 330 331- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 332 Define exactly one of 333 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102 334 335- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined) 336 Define one or more of 337 CONFIG_CMA302 338 339- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined) 340 Define one or more of 341 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on 342 the lcd display every second with 343 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/ 344 345- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined) 346 CONFIG_ADSTYPE 347 Possible values are: 348 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS 349 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS 350 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR 351 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS 352 353- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined) 354 Define exactly one of 355 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245 356 357- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu) 358 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if 359 get_gclk_freq() cannot work 360 e.g. if there is no 32KHz 361 reference PIT/RTC clock 362 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK 363 or XTAL/EXTAL) 364 365- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU): 366 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN 367 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX 368 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT 369 See doc/README.MPC866 370 371 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK 372 373 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead 374 of relying on the correctness of the configured 375 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure 376 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note 377 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz 378 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN) 379 380- Linux Kernel Interface: 381 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ 382 383 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz 384 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux 385 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the 386 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable 387 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot 388 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the 389 Linux kernel. 390 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of 391 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the 392 default environment. 393 394 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 395 396 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions 397 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 398 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 399 400- Serial Ports: 401 CFG_PL010_SERIAL 402 403 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 404 405 CFG_PL011_SERIAL 406 407 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 408 409 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 410 411 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 412 the clock speed of the UARTs. 413 414 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 415 416 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 417 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 418 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 419 420 421- Console Interface: 422 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port 423 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2, 424 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial 425 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE 426 427 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial 428 port routines must be defined elsewhere 429 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...) 430 431 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 432 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following 433 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx) 434 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation 435 (default big endian) 436 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports 437 rectangle fill 438 (cf. smiLynxEM) 439 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports 440 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM) 441 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns 442 (cols=pitch) 443 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows 444 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel 445 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format 446 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c) 447 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address 448 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct 449 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init()) 450 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct 451 (i.e. i8042_tstc) 452 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct 453 (i.e. i8042_getc) 454 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off 455 (requires blink timer 456 cf. i8042.c) 457 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c) 458 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in 459 upper right corner 460 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE) 461 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in 462 upper left corner 463 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of 464 linux_logo.h for logo. 465 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 466 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO 467 addional board info beside 468 the logo 469 470 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is 471 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with 472 environment 'console=serial'. 473 474 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console 475 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with 476 the "silent" environment variable. See 477 doc/README.silent for more information. 478 479- Console Baudrate: 480 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps 481 Select one of the baudrates listed in 482 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 483 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale 484 485- Interrupt driven serial port input: 486 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO 487 488 PPC405GP only. 489 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the 490 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake 491 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of 492 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have. 493 494 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including 495 disable the buffer and hardware handshake. 496 497- Console UART Number: 498 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE 499 500 IBM PPC4xx only. 501 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used 502 as default U-Boot console. 503 504- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds 505 Delay before automatically booting the default image; 506 set to -1 to disable autoboot. 507 508 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that 509 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. 510 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 511 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN 512 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED 513 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT 514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2 517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2 518 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK 519 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY 520 521- Autoboot Command: 522 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 523 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 524 define a command string that is automatically executed 525 when no character is read on the console interface 526 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 527 528 CONFIG_BOOTARGS 529 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm 530 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the 531 environment value "bootargs". 532 533 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 534 The value of these goes into the environment as 535 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 536 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 537 ram and nfs. 538 539- Pre-Boot Commands: 540 CONFIG_PREBOOT 541 542 When this option is #defined, the existence of the 543 environment variable "preboot" will be checked 544 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 545 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp. 546 entering interactive mode. 547 548 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is 549 automatically generated or modified. For an example 550 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is 551 modified when the user holds down a certain 552 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when 553 booting the systems 554 555- Serial Download Echo Mode: 556 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 557 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 558 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 559 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 560 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 561 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 562 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 563 564- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 565 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 566 Select one of the baudrates listed in 567 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 568 569- Monitor Functions: 570 CONFIG_COMMANDS 571 Most monitor functions can be selected (or 572 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of 573 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions, 574 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the 575 following values: 576 577 #define enables commands: 578 ------------------------- 579 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable 580 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support 581 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo 582 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger 583 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support 584 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands 585 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd 586 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache 587 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo 588 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time... 589 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support 590 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics 591 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support 592 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat 593 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments 594 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support 595 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx 596 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv 597 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support 598 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support 599 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support 600 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect 601 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support 602 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control 603 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support 604 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support 605 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo 606 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images 607 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support 608 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo 609 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values 610 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support 611 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb 612 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb 613 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads 614 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, 615 loop, loopw, mtest 616 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc 617 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support 618 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands 619 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support 620 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot 621 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo 622 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support 623 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host 624 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O 625 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump 626 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable 627 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump 628 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support 629 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information 630 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C) 631 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only) 632 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support 633 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support 634 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB) 635 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions 636 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support 637 ----------------------------------------------- 638 CFG_CMD_ALL all 639 640 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment 641 this is includes all commands, except 642 the ones marked with "*" in the list 643 above. 644 645 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to 646 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can 647 override the default settings in the respective 648 include file. 649 650 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network 651 support you can write: 652 653 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET) 654 655 656 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands 657 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know 658 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data 659 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or 660 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be 661 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other 662 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an 663 initial stack and some data. 664 665 666 XXX - this list needs to get updated! 667 668- Watchdog: 669 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 670 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 671 support. There must be support in the platform specific 672 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the 673 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 674 register. 675 676- U-Boot Version: 677 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE 678 If this variable is defined, an environment variable 679 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot 680 version as printed by the "version" command. 681 This variable is readonly. 682 683- Real-Time Clock: 684 685 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 686 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 687 following options: 688 689 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx 690 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 691 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 692 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 693 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 694 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 695 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 696 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 697 698 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 699 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 700 701- Timestamp Support: 702 703 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 704 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 705 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 706 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE . 707 708- Partition Support: 709 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 710 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION 711 712 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or 713 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least 714 one partition type as well. 715 716- IDE Reset method: 717 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 718 board configurations files but used nowhere! 719 720 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 721 be performed by calling the function 722 ide_set_reset(int reset) 723 which has to be defined in a board specific file 724 725- ATAPI Support: 726 CONFIG_ATAPI 727 728 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 729 730- LBA48 Support 731 CONFIG_LBA48 732 733 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 734 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL 735 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 736 support disks up to 2.1TB. 737 738 CFG_64BIT_LBA: 739 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 740 Default is 32bit. 741 742- SCSI Support: 743 At the moment only there is only support for the 744 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define 745 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it. 746 747 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 748 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 749 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 750 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 751 devices. 752 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) 753 754- NETWORK Support (PCI): 755 CONFIG_E1000 756 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips. 757 758 CONFIG_EEPRO100 759 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips. 760 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom 761 write routine for first time initialisation. 762 763 CONFIG_TULIP 764 Support for Digital 2114x chips. 765 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific 766 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611). 767 768 CONFIG_NATSEMI 769 Support for National dp83815 chips. 770 771 CONFIG_NS8382X 772 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 773 774- NETWORK Support (other): 775 776 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 777 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 778 779 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE 780 Define this to hold the physical address 781 of the LAN91C96's I/O space 782 783 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 784 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 785 786 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 787 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 788 789 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 790 Define this to hold the physical address 791 of the device (I/O space) 792 793 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 794 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 795 796 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 797 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 798 (some hardware wont work with macros) 799 800- USB Support: 801 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 802 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define 803 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 804 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 805 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 806 storage devices. 807 Note: 808 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 809 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 810 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines: 811 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK 812 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb 813 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG 814 for differential drivers: 0x00001000 815 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000 816 817 818- MMC Support: 819 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 820 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 821 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 822 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 823 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 824 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT. 825 826- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 827 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE, 828 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV 829 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 830 831 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 832 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 833 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 834 835 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART 836 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a 837 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num) 838 839 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to 840 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1 841 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you 842 have not defined a custom partition 843 844- Keyboard Support: 845 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD 846 847 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard 848 support 849 850 CONFIG_I8042_KBD 851 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and 852 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support. 853 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc 854 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking. 855 856- Video support: 857 CONFIG_VIDEO 858 859 Define this to enable video support (for output to 860 video). 861 862 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 863 864 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip 865 866 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM 867 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The 868 video output is selected via environment 'videoout' 869 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is 870 assumed. 871 872 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is 873 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways 874 are possible: 875 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers. 876 Following standard modes are supported (* is default): 877 878 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 879 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 880 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307 881 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319 882 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A 883 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B 884 -------------+--------------------------------------------- 885 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;) 886 887 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed 888 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c) 889 890 891 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806 892 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp 893 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP 894 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP 895 896- Keyboard Support: 897 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 898 899 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 900 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 901 defined in your board-specific files. 902 The only board using this so far is RBC823. 903 904- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 905 906 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 907 display); also select one of the supported displays 908 by defining one of these: 909 910 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 911 912 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 913 914 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 915 916 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 917 Active, color, single scan. 918 919 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 920 921 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 922 Active, color, single scan. 923 924 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 925 926 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 927 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 928 929 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 930 931 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 932 Active, color, single scan. 933 934 CONFIG_HLD1045 935 936 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 937 Active, color, single scan. 938 939 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 940 941 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 942 or 943 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 944 or 945 Hitachi SP14Q002 946 947 320x240. Black & white. 948 949 Normally display is black on white background; define 950 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. 951 952- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN 953 954 If this option is set, the environment is checked for 955 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display 956 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD 957 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address 958 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The 959 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This 960 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is 961 loaded very quickly after power-on. 962 963- Compression support: 964 CONFIG_BZIP2 965 966 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed 967 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip 968 compressed images are supported. 969 970 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so 971 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should 972 be at least 4MB. 973 974- MII/PHY support: 975 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR 976 977 The address of PHY on MII bus. 978 979 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 980 981 The clock frequency of the MII bus 982 983 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE 984 985 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex 986 detection of Gigabit PHY is included. 987 988 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 989 990 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 991 reset before any MII register access is possible. 992 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 993 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 994 995 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 996 997 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 998 command issued before MII status register can be read 999 1000- Ethernet address: 1001 CONFIG_ETHADDR 1002 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR 1003 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR 1004 1005 Define a default value for ethernet address to use 1006 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this 1007 is not determined automatically. 1008 1009- IP address: 1010 CONFIG_IPADDR 1011 1012 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1013 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not 1014 determined through e.g. bootp. 1015 1016- Server IP address: 1017 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1018 1019 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP 1020 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1021 1022- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1023 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1024 1025 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1026 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1027 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1028 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1029 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1030 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1031 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1032 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1033 following delays are insterted then: 1034 1035 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1036 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1037 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1038 4th and following 1039 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1040 1041- DHCP Advanced Options: 1042 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK 1043 1044 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding 1045 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define: 1046 1047 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS 1048 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more 1049 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client. 1050 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS 1051 serverip will be stored in the additional environment 1052 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always 1053 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS 1054 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK. 1055 1056 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable 1057 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they 1058 need the hostname of the DHCP requester. 1059 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the 1060 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname" 1061 environment variable is passed as option 12 to 1062 the DHCP server. 1063 1064 - CDP Options: 1065 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1066 1067 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1068 1069 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1070 1071 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1072 of the device. 1073 1074 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1075 1076 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1077 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1078 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1079 1080 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1081 1082 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1083 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1084 1085 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1086 1087 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1088 1089 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1090 1091 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1092 1093 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1094 1095 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1096 1097 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1098 1099 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1100 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1101 1102 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1103 1104 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1105 1106- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED 1107 1108 Several configurations allow to display the current 1109 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1110 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1111 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1112 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1113 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1114 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this 1115 feature in U-Boot. 1116 1117- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER 1118 1119 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support 1120 on those systems that support this (optional) 1121 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules. 1122 1123- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C 1124 1125 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of 1126 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will 1127 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu. 1128 1129 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot 1130 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in 1131 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime 1132 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the 1133 command line interface. 1134 1135 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C. 1136 1137 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka 1138 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware 1139 support for I2C. 1140 1141 There are several other quantities that must also be 1142 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C. 1143 1144 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED 1145 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus 1146 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie 1147 the cpu's i2c node address). 1148 1149 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) 1150 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should 1151 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual 1152 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0. 1153 1154 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C. 1155 1156 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C) 1157 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1158 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1159 1160 I2C_INIT 1161 1162 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1163 controller or configure ports. 1164 1165 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1166 1167 I2C_PORT 1168 1169 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code 1170 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values 1171 are 0..3 for ports A..D. 1172 1173 I2C_ACTIVE 1174 1175 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1176 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1177 define can be null. 1178 1179 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1180 1181 I2C_TRISTATE 1182 1183 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1184 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1185 define can be null. 1186 1187 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1188 1189 I2C_READ 1190 1191 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high, 1192 FALSE if it is low. 1193 1194 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1195 1196 I2C_SDA(bit) 1197 1198 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1199 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1200 1201 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1202 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1203 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1204 1205 I2C_SCL(bit) 1206 1207 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1208 is FALSE, it clears it (low). 1209 1210 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1211 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1212 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1213 1214 I2C_DELAY 1215 1216 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1217 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1218 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1219 like: 1220 1221 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1222 1223 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1224 1225 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1226 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1227 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1228 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1229 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1230 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1231 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1232 is run early in the boot sequence. 1233 1234 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 1235 1236 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags 1237 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment 1238 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast) 1239 1240- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1241 1242 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1243 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1244 D/As on the SACSng board) 1245 1246 CONFIG_SPI_X 1247 1248 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing. 1249 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X) 1250 1251 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1252 1253 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1254 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1255 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1256 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1257 defined, the board configuration must define several 1258 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1259 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1260 1261- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1262 1263 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1264 1265 CONFIG_FPGA 1266 1267 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example, 1268 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2 1269 1270 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1271 1272 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1273 1274 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1275 1276 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1277 status by the configuration function. This option 1278 will require a board or device specific function to 1279 be written. 1280 1281 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1282 1283 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1284 configuration driver. 1285 1286 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1287 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1288 1289 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1290 1291 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1292 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1293 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1294 indicated a CRC error). 1295 1296 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1297 1298 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert 1299 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II 1300 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1301 mS. 1302 1303 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1304 1305 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during 1306 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS. 1307 1308 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1309 1310 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1311 200 mS. 1312 1313- Configuration Management: 1314 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1315 1316 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1317 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1318 1319- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1320 1321 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1322 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1323 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1324 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1325 protects these variables from casual modification by 1326 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1327 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1328 change this behviour: 1329 1330 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1331 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1332 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1333 these parameters. 1334 1335 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR 1336 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1337 ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1338 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1339 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1340 read-only.] 1341 1342- Protected RAM: 1343 CONFIG_PRAM 1344 1345 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1346 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1347 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1348 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1349 this default value by defining an environment 1350 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1351 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1352 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1353 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1354 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1355 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1356 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1357 1358 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem) 1359 saveenv 1360 1361 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1362 either, which results in a memory region that will 1363 not be affected by reboots. 1364 1365 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1366 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1367 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1368 following board configurations are known to be 1369 "pRAM-clean": 1370 1371 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, 1372 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, 1373 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260 1374 1375- Error Recovery: 1376 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG 1377 1378 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a 1379 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually. 1380 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded 1381 system where you want to system to reboot 1382 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be 1383 useful during development since you can try to debug 1384 the conditions that lead to the situation. 1385 1386 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1387 1388 This variable defines the number of retries for 1389 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1390 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1391 default value of 5 is used. 1392 1393- Command Interpreter: 1394 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE 1395 1396 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB. 1397 1398 CFG_HUSH_PARSER 1399 1400 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from 1401 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling 1402 powerful command line syntax like 1403 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||' 1404 constructs ("shell scripts"). 1405 1406 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour 1407 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint. 1408 1409 1410 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1411 1412 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1413 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1414 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1415 1416 Note: 1417 1418 In the current implementation, the local variables 1419 space and global environment variables space are 1420 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1421 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1422 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1423 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1424 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1425 1426 Global environment variables are those you use 1427 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1428 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1429 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1430 1431 To store commands and special characters in a 1432 variable, please use double quotation marks 1433 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1434 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1435 symbols. 1436 1437- Default Environment: 1438 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1439 1440 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1441 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1442 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1443 1444 For example, place something like this in your 1445 board's config file: 1446 1447 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1448 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1449 "myvar2=value2\0" 1450 1451 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1452 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1453 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1454 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1455 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1456 You better know what you are doing here. 1457 1458 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1459 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1460 the environment like the autoscript function or the 1461 boot command first. 1462 1463- DataFlash Support: 1464 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH 1465 1466 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and 1467 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard 1468 commands cp, md... 1469 1470- SystemACE Support: 1471 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1472 1473 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE 1474 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address 1475 of the chip must alsh be defined in the 1476 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example: 1477 1478 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE 1479 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000 1480 1481 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type 1482 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls. 1483 1484- Show boot progress: 1485 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS 1486 1487 Defining this option allows to add some board- 1488 specific code (calling a user-provided function 1489 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show 1490 the system's boot progress on some display (for 1491 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment, 1492 the following checkpoints are implemented: 1493 1494 Arg Where When 1495 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image 1496 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number 1497 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number 1498 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum 1499 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum 1500 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum 1501 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum 1502 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture 1503 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK 1504 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1505 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1506 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error 1507 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type 1508 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK 1509 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone) 1510 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK 1511 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX) 1512 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification 1513 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number 1514 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum 1515 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK 1516 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum 1517 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum 1518 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading 1519 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk) 1520 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification 1521 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue. 1522 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS 1523 1524 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system 1525 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog() 1526 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single() 1527 1528 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command 1529 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device 1530 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1531 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device 1532 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number 1533 1534 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command 1535 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device 1536 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device 1537 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table 1538 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type 1539 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device 1540 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number 1541 1542 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command 1543 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device 1544 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device 1545 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device 1546 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number 1547 1548 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default 1549 1550 1551Modem Support: 1552-------------- 1553 1554[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards] 1555 1556- Modem support endable: 1557 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT 1558 1559- RTS/CTS Flow control enable: 1560 CONFIG_HWFLOW 1561 1562- Modem debug support: 1563 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG 1564 1565 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg()) 1566 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000. 1567 1568- Interrupt support (PPC): 1569 1570 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 1571 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 1572 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 1573 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 1574 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 1575 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 1576 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu 1577 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 1578 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 1579 general timer_interrupt(). 1580 1581- General: 1582 1583 In the target system modem support is enabled when a 1584 specific key (key combination) is pressed during 1585 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally 1586 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from 1587 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy 1588 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem 1589 initialization. 1590 1591 If there are no modem init strings in the 1592 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the 1593 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be 1594 supressed, though. 1595 1596 See also: doc/README.Modem 1597 1598 1599Configuration Settings: 1600----------------------- 1601 1602- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 1603 undefine this when you're short of memory. 1604 1605- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 1606 prompt for user input. 1607 1608- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 1609 1610- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 1611 1612- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 1613 1614- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 1615 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 1616 booted 1617 1618- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 1619 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 1620 1621- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET 1622 Suppress display of console information at boot. 1623 1624- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1625 If the board specific function 1626 extern int overwrite_console (void); 1627 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the 1628 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used. 1629 1630- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE 1631 Enable the call to overwrite_console(). 1632 1633- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE 1634 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings. 1635 1636- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END: 1637 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the 1638 simple memory test. 1639 1640- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST: 1641 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test. 1642 1643- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH: 1644 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test 1645 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable 1646 1647- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR: 1648 Default load address for network file downloads 1649 1650- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 1651 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 1652 1653- CFG_SDRAM_BASE: 1654 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 1655 1656- CFG_MBIO_BASE: 1657 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a 1658 Cogent motherboard) 1659 1660- CFG_FLASH_BASE: 1661 Physical start address of Flash memory. 1662 1663- CFG_MONITOR_BASE: 1664 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 1665 make config files to be same as the text base address 1666 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 1667 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 1668 1669- CFG_MONITOR_LEN: 1670 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 1671 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 1672 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 1673 flash sector. 1674 1675- CFG_MALLOC_LEN: 1676 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 1677 1678- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ: 1679 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 1680 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 1681 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually 1682 initrd image) must be put below this limit. 1683 1684- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 1685 Max number of Flash memory banks 1686 1687- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 1688 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 1689 1690- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 1691 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 1692 1693- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 1694 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 1695 1696- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 1697 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 1698 1699- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 1700 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 1701 1702- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION 1703 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 1704 instead of U-Boot software protection. 1705 1706- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 1707 1708 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 1709 without this option such a download has to be 1710 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 1711 copy from RAM to flash. 1712 1713 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 1714 you can check if the download worked before you erase 1715 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is 1716 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the 1717 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 1718 1719- CFG_FLASH_CFI: 1720 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 1721 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 1722 1723- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 1724 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 1725 in the drivers directory 1726 1727- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 1728 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some 1729 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 1730 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 1731 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 1732 on high ethernet traffic. 1733 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 1734 1735The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 1736of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 1737following configurations: 1738 1739- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH: 1740 1741 Define this if the environment is in flash memory. 1742 1743 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is 1744 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This 1745 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot 1746 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller 1747 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a 1748 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In 1749 such a case you would place the environment in one of the 1750 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With 1751 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the 1752 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap 1753 between U-Boot and the environment. 1754 1755 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1756 1757 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the 1758 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot 1759 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset 1760 for this sector is given here. 1761 1762 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE. 1763 1764 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1765 1766 This is just another way to specify the start address of 1767 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of 1768 CFG_ENV_OFFSET). 1769 1770 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE: 1771 1772 Size of the sector containing the environment. 1773 1774 1775 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors. 1776 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for 1777 the environment. 1778 1779 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1780 1781 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH 1782 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part 1783 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves 1784 memory for the RAM copy of the environment. 1785 1786 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this 1787 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code, 1788 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used 1789 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is 1790 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view: 1791 updating the environment in flash makes it always 1792 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes 1793 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in 1794 RAM, your target system will be dead. 1795 1796 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND 1797 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND 1798 1799 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold 1800 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is 1801 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during 1802 a "saveenv" operation. 1803 1804BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the 1805source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds* 1806accordingly! 1807 1808 1809- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM: 1810 1811 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device 1812 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the 1813 environment. 1814 1815 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1816 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1817 1818 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you 1819 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory 1820 can just be read and written to, without any special 1821 provision. 1822 1823BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 1824in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the 1825console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or 1826U-Boot will hang. 1827 1828Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 1829environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 1830keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 1831to save the current settings. 1832 1833 1834- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM: 1835 1836 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access 1837 device and a driver for it. 1838 1839 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1840 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1841 1842 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the 1843 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM. 1844 1845 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR: 1846 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device. 1847 The default address is zero. 1848 1849 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS: 1850 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a 1851 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example 1852 would require six bits. 1853 1854 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS: 1855 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between 1856 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds. 1857 1858 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN: 1859 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note 1860 that this is NOT the chip address length! 1861 1862 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW: 1863 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones 1864 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of 1865 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit 1866 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256 1867 byte chips. 1868 1869 Note that we consider the length of the address field to 1870 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden 1871 in the chip address. 1872 1873 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE: 1874 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device. 1875 1876 1877- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH: 1878 1879 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you 1880 want to use for the environment. 1881 1882 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1883 - CFG_ENV_ADDR: 1884 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1885 1886 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the 1887 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed 1888 at the specified address. 1889 1890- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: 1891 1892 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use 1893 for the environment. 1894 1895 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET: 1896 - CFG_ENV_SIZE: 1897 1898 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment 1899 area within the first NAND device. 1900 1901- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET 1902 1903 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The 1904 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment 1905 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte 1906 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization 1907 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems 1908 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the 1909 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer. 1910 1911Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor 1912has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 1913created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r() 1914until then to read environment variables. 1915 1916The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 1917is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 1918with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 1919necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 1920"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 1921have any device yet where we could complain.] 1922 1923Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 1924the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 1925use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 1926 1927- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 1928 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 1929 1930 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR 1931 also needs to be defined. 1932 1933- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 1934 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 1935 1936- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF: 1937 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing 1938 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier 1939 1940- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL: 1941 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value 1942 1943Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 1944--------------------------------------------------- 1945 1946- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE: 1947 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 1948 1949- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR: 1950 Default address of the IMMR after system reset. 1951 1952 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU, 1953 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of 1954 the IMMR register after a reset. 1955 1956- Floppy Disk Support: 1957 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER 1958 1959 the default drive number (default value 0) 1960 1961 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE 1962 1963 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers 1964 (default value 1) 1965 1966 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET 1967 1968 defines the offset of register from address. It 1969 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to 1970 the fdc chipset. (default value 0) 1971 1972 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and 1973 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their 1974 default value. 1975 1976 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function 1977 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC 1978 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board 1979 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant 1980 initializations. 1981 1982- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 1983 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 1984 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only] 1985 1986- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 1987 1988 Start address of memory area that can be used for 1989 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 1990 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 1991 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 1992 will become available only after programming the 1993 memory controller and running certain initialization 1994 sequences. 1995 1996 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 1997 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 1998 - MPC824X: data cache 1999 - PPC4xx: data cache 2000 2001- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2002 2003 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2004 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2005 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2006 data is located at the end of the available space 2007 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END - 2008 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2009 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2010 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2011 2012 Note: 2013 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2014 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2015 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2016 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2017 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2018 2019- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6) 2020 2021- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9) 2022 2023- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26) 2024 2025- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31) 2026 2027- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30) 2028 2029- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2030 2031- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2032 SDRAM timing 2033 2034- CFG_MAMR_PTA: 2035 periodic timer for refresh 2036 2037- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47) 2038 2039- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM, 2040 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP, 2041 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM, 2042 CFG_BR1_PRELIM: 2043 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2044 2045- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2046 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM, 2047 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM: 2048 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2049 2050- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K, 2051 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL: 2052 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer 2053 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing) 2054 2055- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2056 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2057 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2] 2058 2059- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]: 2060 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx); 2061 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4] 2062 2063- CFG_USE_OSCCLK: 2064 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful, 2065 wrong setting might damage your board. Read 2066 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable! 2067 2068- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only) 2069 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post 2070 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides 2071 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp. 2072 cpm_8260.h. 2073 2074- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2075 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL, 2076 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS, 2077 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB, 2078 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START, 2079 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL, 2080 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE, 2081 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only) 2082 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set. 2083 2084- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12] 2085 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor. 2086 2087- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY 2088 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds 2089 to the given FEC; i. e. 2090 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4 2091 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1 2092 2093 When set to -1, means to probe for first available. 2094 2095- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR 2096 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only). 2097 (so program the FEC to ignore it). 2098 2099- CONFIG_RMII 2100 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2101 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2102 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2103 2104- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2105 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2106 The syntax is: 2107 2108 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2109 2110 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2111 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2112 area should have. 2113 2114- CONFIG_LOOPW 2115 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2116 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2117 2118- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC 2119 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2120 "md/mw" commands. 2121 Examples: 2122 2123 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2124 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2125 2126 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2127 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2128 2129 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2130 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM). 2131 2132- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2133- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT 2134 2135 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then 2136 certain low level initializations (like setting up 2137 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does 2138 not relocate itself into RAM. 2139 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The 2140 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by 2141 some other boot loader or by a debugger which 2142 performs these intializations itself. 2143 2144 2145Building the Software: 2146====================== 2147 2148Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a 2149PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments 2150(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and 2151NetBSD 1.5 on x86). 2152 2153If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you 2154have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named 2155with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if 2156you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change 2157the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU, 2158change it to: 2159 2160 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx- 2161 2162 2163U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 2164sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 2165is done by typing: 2166 2167 make NAME_config 2168 2169where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing 2170configurations; the following names are supported: 2171 2172 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config 2173 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config 2174 Alaska8220_config 2175 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config 2176 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config 2177 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config 2178 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config 2179 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config 2180 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config 2181 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config 2182 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config 2183 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config 2184 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config 2185 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config 2186 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config 2187 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config 2188 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config 2189 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config 2190 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config 2191 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config 2192 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config 2193 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config 2194 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config 2195 omap5912osk_config walnut_config 2196 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config 2197 ZPC1900_config 2198 2199Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if 2200 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 2201 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 2202 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 2203 when chosing the configuration, i. e. 2204 2205 make TQM823L_config 2206 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 2207 2208 make TQM823L_LCD_config 2209 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 2210 2211 etc. 2212 2213 2214Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 2215images ready for download to / installation on your system: 2216 2217- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 2218- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 2219- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 2220 2221 2222Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 2223for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 2224native "make". 2225 2226 2227If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 2228to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 2229steps: 2230 22311. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel 2232 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing 2233 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places 2234 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please 2235 keep this order. 22362. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 2237 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 2238 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds". 22393. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 2240 your board 22413. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 2242 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 22434. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name. 22445. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 2245 to be installed on your target system. 22466. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 2247 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 2248 2249 2250Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 2251============================================================== 2252 2253If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 2254or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 2255provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 2256the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest 2257official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources. 2258 2259But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 2260cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 2261the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 2262just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot 2263for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can 2264select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE' 2265environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from 2266MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type 2267 2268 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL 2269 2270or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type 2271 2272 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL 2273 2274See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 2275 2276 2277Monitor Commands - Overview: 2278============================ 2279 2280go - start application at address 'addr' 2281run - run commands in an environment variable 2282bootm - boot application image from memory 2283bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 2284tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 2285 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 2286 (and eventually "gatewayip") 2287rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 2288diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 2289loads - load S-Record file over serial line 2290loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 2291md - memory display 2292mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2293nm - memory modify (constant address) 2294mw - memory write (fill) 2295cp - memory copy 2296cmp - memory compare 2297crc32 - checksum calculation 2298imd - i2c memory display 2299imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing) 2300inm - i2c memory modify (constant address) 2301imw - i2c memory write (fill) 2302icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation 2303iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses 2304iloop - infinite loop on address range 2305isdram - print SDRAM configuration information 2306sspi - SPI utility commands 2307base - print or set address offset 2308printenv- print environment variables 2309setenv - set environment variables 2310saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 2311protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 2312erase - erase FLASH memory 2313flinfo - print FLASH memory information 2314bdinfo - print Board Info structure 2315iminfo - print header information for application image 2316coninfo - print console devices and informations 2317ide - IDE sub-system 2318loop - infinite loop on address range 2319loopw - infinite write loop on address range 2320mtest - simple RAM test 2321icache - enable or disable instruction cache 2322dcache - enable or disable data cache 2323reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 2324echo - echo args to console 2325version - print monitor version 2326help - print online help 2327? - alias for 'help' 2328 2329 2330Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 2331======================================== 2332 2333TODO. 2334 2335For now: just type "help <command>". 2336 2337 2338Environment Variables: 2339====================== 2340 2341U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 2342can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 2343 2344Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 2345"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 2346without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 2347environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 2348working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 2349environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 2350 2351Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables: 2352 2353 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 2354 2355 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 2356 2357 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 2358 2359 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 2360 2361 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 2362 2363 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 2364 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 2365 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 2366 load any image using TFTP 2367 2368 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 2369 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 2370 be automatically started (by internally calling 2371 "bootm") 2372 2373 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 2374 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 2375 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 2376 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 2377 data. 2378 2379 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 2380 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 2381 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 2382 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 2383 it must be saved and board must be reset. 2384 2385 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 2386 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 2387 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 2388 is usually what you want since it allows for 2389 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 2390 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 2391 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 2392 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 2393 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 2394 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 2395 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 2396 2397 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 2398 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 2399 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 2400 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 2401 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 2402 12 MB as well - this can be done with 2403 2404 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 2405 2406 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 2407 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 2408 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 2409 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 2410 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 2411 boot time on your system, but requires that this 2412 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 2413 2414 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2415 2416 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 2417 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 2418 2419 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 2420 2421 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 2422 2423 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 2424 2425 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 2426 2427 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 2428 2429 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2430 interface is used first. 2431 2432 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which 2433 interface is currently active. For example you 2434 can do the following 2435 2436 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET 2437 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET 2438 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET 2439 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET 2440 2441 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 2442 either succeed or fail without retrying. 2443 When set to "once" the network operation will 2444 fail when all the available network interfaces 2445 are tried once without success. 2446 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 2447 themselves. 2448 2449 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 2450 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 2451 VLAN tagged frames. 2452 2453The following environment variables may be used and automatically 2454updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 2455depending the information provided by your boot server: 2456 2457 bootfile - see above 2458 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 2459 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 2460 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 2461 hostname - Target hostname 2462 ipaddr - see above 2463 netmask - Subnet Mask 2464 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 2465 serverip - see above 2466 2467 2468There are two special Environment Variables: 2469 2470 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 2471 as type string and/or serial number 2472 ethaddr - Ethernet address 2473 2474These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 2475the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 2476once they have been set once. 2477 2478 2479Further special Environment Variables: 2480 2481 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 2482 with the "version" command. This variable is 2483 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 2484 2485 2486Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 2487only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 2488 2489 2490Command Line Parsing: 2491===================== 2492 2493There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 2494the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 2495 2496Old, simple command line parser: 2497-------------------------------- 2498 2499- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 2500- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 2501- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax 2502- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 2503 for example: 2504 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address) 2505- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 2506 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 2507 2508Hush shell: 2509----------- 2510 2511- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 2512 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 2513 until...do...done, ... 2514- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 2515 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 2516 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 2517 command 2518 2519General rules: 2520-------------- 2521 2522(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 2523 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 2524 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 2525 executed anyway. 2526 2527(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 2528 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing 2529 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 2530 variables are not executed. 2531 2532Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 2533======================================= 2534 2535Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 2536such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 2537"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 2538 2539Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 2540MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 2541"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 2542 2543If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 2544in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 2545ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 2546variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 2547 2548o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 2549 environment, the SROM's address is used. 2550 2551o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 2552 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 2553 used. 2554 2555o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 2556 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 2557 2558o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 2559 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 2560 warning is printed. 2561 2562o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 2563 is raised. 2564 2565 2566Image Formats: 2567============== 2568 2569The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which 2570can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the 2571definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header 2572defines the following image properties: 2573 2574* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 2575 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 2576 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS; 2577 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS). 2578* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 2579 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 2580 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC). 2581* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 2582* Load Address 2583* Entry Point 2584* Image Name 2585* Image Timestamp 2586 2587The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 2588and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 2589CRC32 checksums. 2590 2591 2592Linux Support: 2593============== 2594 2595Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 2596easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 2597U-Boot. 2598 2599U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 2600special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 2601"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 2602instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 2603serves several purposes: 2604 2605- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 2606 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 2607 Flash memory footprint) 2608 2609- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 2610 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 2611 2612- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 2613 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 2614 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 2615 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 2616 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 2617 software is easier now. 2618 2619 2620Linux HOWTO: 2621============ 2622 2623Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 2624--------------------------------------- 2625 2626U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 2627configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 2628(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 2629Linux :-). 2630 2631But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot). 2632 2633Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 2634include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 2635Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make 2636sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your 2637U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR. 2638 2639 2640Configuring the Linux kernel: 2641----------------------------- 2642 2643No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 2644device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 2645 2646 2647Building a Linux Image: 2648----------------------- 2649 2650With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 2651not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 2652"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 2653U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 2654which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 2655100% compatible format. 2656 2657Example: 2658 2659 make TQM850L_config 2660 make oldconfig 2661 make dep 2662 make uImage 2663 2664The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 2665encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 2666CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 2667 2668* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 2669 2670* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 2671 2672 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 2673 -R .note -R .comment \ 2674 -S vmlinux linux.bin 2675 2676* compress the binary image: 2677 2678 gzip -9 linux.bin 2679 2680* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 2681 2682 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 2683 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 2684 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 2685 2686 2687The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 2688with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 2689combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 2690byte header containing information about target architecture, 2691operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 2692stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 2693 2694"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 2695print the header information, or to build new images. 2696 2697In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 2698contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 2699checksum verification: 2700 2701 tools/mkimage -l image 2702 -l ==> list image header information 2703 2704The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 2705from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 2706 2707 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 2708 -n name -d data_file image 2709 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 2710 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 2711 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 2712 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 2713 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 2714 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 2715 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 2716 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 2717 2718Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 2719address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 2720kernel version: 2721 2722- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 2723- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 2724 2725So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 2726 2727 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2728 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 2729 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 2730 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 2731 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2732 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2733 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2734 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2735 Load Address: 0x00000000 2736 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2737 2738To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 2739 2740 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 2741 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2742 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2743 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2744 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 2745 Load Address: 0x00000000 2746 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2747 2748NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 2749speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 2750needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 2751need to be uncompressed: 2752 2753 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 2754 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 2755 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 2756 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 2757 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 2758 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 2759 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 2760 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 2761 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 2762 Load Address: 0x00000000 2763 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2764 2765 2766Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 2767when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 2768 2769 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 2770 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 2771 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 2772 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2773 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 2774 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2775 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 2776 Load Address: 0x00000000 2777 Entry Point: 0x00000000 2778 2779 2780Installing a Linux Image: 2781------------------------- 2782 2783To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 2784you must convert the image to S-Record format: 2785 2786 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 2787 2788The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 2789image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 2790address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 2791specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 2792command. 2793 2794Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 2795TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 2796 2797 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 2798 2799 .......... done 2800 Erased 8 sectors 2801 2802 => loads 40100000 2803 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2804 ~>examples/image.srec 2805 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 2806 ... 2807 15989 15990 15991 15992 2808 [file transfer complete] 2809 [connected] 2810 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 2811 2812 2813You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 2814this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 2815corruption happened: 2816 2817 => imi 40100000 2818 2819 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2820 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2821 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2822 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2823 Load Address: 00000000 2824 Entry Point: 0000000c 2825 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2826 2827 2828Boot Linux: 2829----------- 2830 2831The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 2832memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 2833of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 2834parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 2835"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 2836 2837 2838 => printenv bootargs 2839 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 2840 2841 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2842 2843 => printenv bootargs 2844 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2845 2846 => bootm 40020000 2847 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 2848 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 2849 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2850 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 2851 Load Address: 00000000 2852 Entry Point: 0000000c 2853 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2854 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2855 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 2856 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 2857 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2858 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2859 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 2860 ... 2861 2862If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass 2863the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 2864format!) to the "bootm" command: 2865 2866 => imi 40100000 40200000 2867 2868 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 2869 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2870 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2871 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2872 Load Address: 00000000 2873 Entry Point: 0000000c 2874 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2875 2876 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 2877 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2878 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2879 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2880 Load Address: 00000000 2881 Entry Point: 00000000 2882 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2883 2884 => bootm 40100000 40200000 2885 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 2886 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 2887 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 2888 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 2889 Load Address: 00000000 2890 Entry Point: 0000000c 2891 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2892 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 2893 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 2894 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 2895 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 2896 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 2897 Load Address: 00000000 2898 Entry Point: 00000000 2899 Verifying Checksum ... OK 2900 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 2901 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 2902 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 2903 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 2904 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 2905 ... 2906 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 2907 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 2908 2909 bash# 2910 2911More About U-Boot Image Types: 2912------------------------------ 2913 2914U-Boot supports the following image types: 2915 2916 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 2917 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 2918 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 2919 the Standalone Program. 2920 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 2921 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 2922 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 2923 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 2924 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 2925 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 2926 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 2927 being started. 2928 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 2929 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 2930 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 2931 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 2932 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 2933 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 2934 2935 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 2936 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 2937 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 2938 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 2939 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 2940 a multiple of 4 bytes). 2941 2942 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 2943 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 2944 flash memory. 2945 2946 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 2947 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 2948 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 2949 as command interpreter. 2950 2951 2952Standalone HOWTO: 2953================= 2954 2955One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 2956run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 2957U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 2958 2959Two simple examples are included with the sources: 2960 2961"Hello World" Demo: 2962------------------- 2963 2964'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 2965application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 2966It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 2967like that: 2968 2969 => loads 2970 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 2971 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 2972 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 2973 [file transfer complete] 2974 [connected] 2975 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 2976 2977 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 2978 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 2979 Hello World 2980 argc = 7 2981 argv[0] = "40004" 2982 argv[1] = "Hello" 2983 argv[2] = "World!" 2984 argv[3] = "This" 2985 argv[4] = "is" 2986 argv[5] = "a" 2987 argv[6] = "test." 2988 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 2989 Hit any key to exit ... 2990 2991 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 2992 2993Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 2994handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 2995Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 2996The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 2997character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 2998controlled by the following keys: 2999 3000 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 3001 b - enable interrupts and start timer 3002 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 3003 q - quit application 3004 3005 => loads 3006 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3007 ~>examples/timer.srec 3008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 3009 [file transfer complete] 3010 [connected] 3011 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 3012 3013 => go 40004 3014 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 3015 TIMERS=0xfff00980 3016 Using timer 1 3017 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 3018 3019Hit 'b': 3020 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 3021 Enabling timer 3022Hit '?': 3023 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 3024 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 3025Hit '?': 3026 [q, b, e, ?] . 3027 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 3028Hit '?': 3029 [q, b, e, ?] . 3030 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 3031Hit '?': 3032 [q, b, e, ?] . 3033 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 3034Hit 'e': 3035 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 3036Hit 'q': 3037 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 3038 3039 3040Minicom warning: 3041================ 3042 3043Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 3044"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 3045consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 3046Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 3047especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 3048use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). 3049 3050Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 3051configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 3052 3053 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 3054 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 3055 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 3056 3057 3058NetBSD Notes: 3059============= 3060 3061Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 3062(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 3063 3064Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 3065NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 3066need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 3067Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 3068attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 3069missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 3070 3071 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 3072 # mkdir powerpc 3073 # ln -s powerpc machine 3074 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 3075 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 3076 3077Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 3078and U-Boot include files. 3079 3080Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 3081stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 3082proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 3083tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 3084meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 3085 3086 3087Implementation Internals: 3088========================= 3089 3090The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 3091implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 3092inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 3093hardware. 3094 3095 3096Initial Stack, Global Data: 3097--------------------------- 3098 3099The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 3100starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 3101system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 3102This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 3103is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 3104at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 3105options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 3106models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 3107MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 3108locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 3109 3110 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 3111 u-boot-users mailing list: 3112 3113 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 3114 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 3115 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 3116 ... 3117 3118 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 3119 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 3120 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 3121 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 3122 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 3123 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you 3124 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 3125 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 3126 3127 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 3128 is another option for the system designer to use as an 3129 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 3130 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 3131 board designers haven't used it for something that would 3132 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 3133 used. 3134 3135 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 3136 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 3137 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 3138 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 3139 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 3140 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 3141 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 3142 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 3143 you get the config right. 3144 3145 -Chris Hallinan 3146 DS4.COM, Inc. 3147 3148It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 3149code for the initialization procedures: 3150 3151* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 3152 to write it. 3153 3154* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized 3155 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 3156 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 3157 3158* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 3159 that. 3160 3161Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 3162normal global data to share information beween the code. But it 3163turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 3164simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 3165functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 3166functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 3167the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 3168place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 3169reserve for this purpose. 3170 3171When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 3172relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 3173GCC's implementation. 3174 3175For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 3176 R1: stack pointer 3177 R2: TOC pointer 3178 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 3179 R5-R10: parameter passing 3180 R13: small data area pointer 3181 R30: GOT pointer 3182 R31: frame pointer 3183 3184 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.) 3185 3186 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data 3187 3188 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 3189 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 3190 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 3191 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 3192 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 3193 624 text + 127 data). 3194 3195On ARM, the following registers are used: 3196 3197 R0: function argument word/integer result 3198 R1-R3: function argument word 3199 R9: GOT pointer 3200 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled) 3201 R11: argument (frame) pointer 3202 R12: temporary workspace 3203 R13: stack pointer 3204 R14: link register 3205 R15: program counter 3206 3207 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data 3208 3209 3210Memory Management: 3211------------------ 3212 3213U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 3214MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 3215 3216The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 3217controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 3218memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 3219physical memory banks. 3220 3221U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 3222TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 3223booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 3224to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 3225memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN 3226configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 3227Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 3228 3229Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 3230of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 3231 3232So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 3233this: 3234 3235 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 3236 : 3237 0x0000 1FFF 3238 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 3239 : 3240 : 3241 3242 : 3243 : 3244 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 3245 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 3246 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 3247 : 3248 0x00FD FFFF 3249 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 3250 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 3251 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 3252 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 3253 3254 3255System Initialization: 3256---------------------- 3257 3258In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 3259(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 3260configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory. 3261To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 3262To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 3263initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 3264which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked 3265part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, 3266the caches and the SIU. 3267 3268Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 3269preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 3270(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 3271on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 3272programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 3273simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 3274banks. 3275 3276When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 3277different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 3278bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 32790x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 3280contiguous memory starting from 0. 3281 3282Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 3283and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 3284Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 3285pages, and the final stack is set up. 3286 3287Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 3288until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 3289running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 3290new address in RAM. 3291 3292 3293U-Boot Porting Guide: 3294---------------------- 3295 3296[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 3297list, October 2002] 3298 3299 3300int main (int argc, char *argv[]) 3301{ 3302 sighandler_t no_more_time; 3303 3304 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time); 3305 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 3306 3307 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 3308 pay consultant to port U-Boot; 3309 return 0; 3310 } 3311 3312 Download latest U-Boot source; 3313 3314 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list; 3315 3316 if (clueless) { 3317 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 3318 } 3319 3320 while (learning) { 3321 Read the README file in the top level directory; 3322 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ; 3323 Read the source, Luke; 3324 } 3325 3326 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) { 3327 Buy a BDI2000; 3328 } else { 3329 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 3330 } 3331 3332 Create your own board support subdirectory; 3333 3334 Create your own board config file; 3335 3336 while (!running) { 3337 do { 3338 Add / modify source code; 3339 } until (compiles); 3340 Debug; 3341 if (clueless) 3342 email ("Hi, I am having problems..."); 3343 } 3344 Send patch file to Wolfgang; 3345 3346 return 0; 3347} 3348 3349void no_more_time (int sig) 3350{ 3351 hire_a_guru(); 3352} 3353 3354 3355Coding Standards: 3356----------------- 3357 3358All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 3359coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux 3360kernel source directory. 3361 3362Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts 3363in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style 3364comments (//) in your code. 3365 3366Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 3367- remove any trailing white space 3368- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces 3369- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 3370- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files 3371- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 3372 3373Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 3374with a request to reformat the changes. 3375 3376 3377Submitting Patches: 3378------------------- 3379 3380Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 3381establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 3382may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 3383 3384Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list. 3385 3386When you send a patch, please include the following information with 3387it: 3388 3389* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 3390 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 3391 patch actually fixes something. 3392 3393* For new features: a description of the feature and your 3394 implementation. 3395 3396* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch) 3397 3398* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file 3399 3400* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this 3401 board to the MAKEALL script, too. 3402 3403* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 3404 document these in the README file. 3405 3406* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs 3407 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your 3408 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest 3409 version of GNU diff. 3410 3411 The current directory when running this command shall be the top 3412 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory 3413 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient 3414 directory information for the affected files). 3415 3416 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded 3417 gzipped text. 3418 3419* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 3420 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 3421 3422* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 3423 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 3424 3425 3426Notes: 3427 3428* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched 3429 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 3430 for any of the boards. 3431 3432* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 3433 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 3434 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 3435 3436* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 3437 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 3438 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 3439 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 3440 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 3441 modification. 3442 3443* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the 3444 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help. 3445