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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000027This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28Embedded boards based on PowerPC and ARM processors, which can be
29installed in a boot ROM and used to initialize and test the hardware
30or to download and run application code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000031
32The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000033the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
34header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000035support booting of Linux images.
36
37Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
38configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
39implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
40add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
41code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
42load and run it dynamically.
43
44
45Status:
46=======
47
48In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000049Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000050"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
51
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000052In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000053who contributed the specific port.
54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000055
56Where to get help:
57==================
58
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000059In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
60U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
61<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
62previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000063before asking FAQ's. Please see
64http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
65
66
67Where we come from:
68===================
69
70- start from 8xxrom sources
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000071- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000072- clean up code
73- make it easier to add custom boards
74- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
75- extend functions, especially:
76 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
77 * S-Record download
78 * network boot
79 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000080- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000081- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000082- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
83
84
85Names and Spelling:
86===================
87
88The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
89"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
90in source files etc.). Example:
91
92 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
93
94File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
95
96 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
97
98 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
99
100Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
101the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
102
103 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
104 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000105
106
wdenk93f19cc2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000107Versioning:
108===========
109
110U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
111sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
112sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
113
114The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
115between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
116U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
117
118
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000119Directory Hierarchy:
120====================
121
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000122- board Board dependent files
123- common Misc architecture independent functions
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000124- cpu CPU specific files
wdenk11dadd52004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000125 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Motorola MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
126 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
127 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
128 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
129 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
130 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPUs
131 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
132 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
133 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Motorola ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
134 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
135 - mpc5xx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xx CPUs
136 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xxx CPUs
137 - mpc8xx Files specific to Motorola MPC8xx CPUs
138 - mpc824x Files specific to Motorola MPC824x CPUs
139 - mpc8260 Files specific to Motorola MPC8260 CPUs
140 - mpc85xx Files specific to Motorola MPC85xx CPUs
141 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
142 - ppc4xx Files specific to IBM PowerPC 4xx CPUs
143 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
144 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
145 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000146- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
147- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000148- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000149- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
150- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
151- include Header Files
wdenk11dadd52004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000152- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
153- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
154- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
155- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
156- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
157- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
158- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000159- net Networking code
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000160- post Power On Self Test
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000161- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
162- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
163
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000164Software Configuration:
165=======================
166
167Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
168rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
169
170There are two classes of configuration variables:
171
172* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
173 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
174 "CONFIG_".
175
176* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
177 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
178 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
179 "CFG_".
180
181Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
182identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
183do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
184links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
185as an example here.
186
187
188Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
189---------------------------------------------------
190
191For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
192configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
193
194Example: For a TQM823L module type:
195
196 cd u-boot
197 make TQM823L_config
198
199For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
200e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
201directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
202
203
204Configuration Options:
205----------------------
206
207Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
208such information is kept in a configuration file
209"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
210
211Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
212"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
213
214
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000215Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
216kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
217build a config tool - later.
218
219
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000220The following options need to be configured:
221
222- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
223
224 PowerPC based CPUs:
225 -------------------
226 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000227 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000228 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000229 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000230 or CONFIG_IOP480
231 or CONFIG_405GP
wdenk12f34242003-09-02 22:48:03 +0000232 or CONFIG_405EP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000233 or CONFIG_440
234 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
wdenk72755c72003-06-20 23:10:58 +0000235 or CONFIG_750FX
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000236
237 ARM based CPUs:
238 ---------------
239 CONFIG_SA1110
240 CONFIG_ARM7
241 CONFIG_PXA250
242
wdenk507bbe32004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000243 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
244 ----------------------
wdenk857cad32004-07-10 23:48:41 +0000245 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE
wdenk507bbe32004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000246
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000247
248- Board Type: Define exactly one of
249
250 PowerPC based boards:
251 ---------------------
252
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000253 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405
254 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2
255 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6
256 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e
257 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405
258 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826
259 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260
260 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823
261 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850
262 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T
263 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823
264 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic
265 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite
266 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper
267 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto
268 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng
269 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240
270 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245
271 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8260
wdenk8b07a112004-07-10 21:45:47 +0000272 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_sbc8560
273 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SM850
274 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_SPD823TS
275 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_STXGP3
276 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_SXNI855T
277 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM823L
278 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM8260
279 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM850L
280 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TQM855L
281 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_TQM860L
282 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_TTTech
283 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_UTX8245
284 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_V37
285 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_W7OLMC
286 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_W7OLMG
287 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_WALNUT405
288 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_OXC CONFIG_ZPC1900
289 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_ZUMA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000290
291 ARM based boards:
292 -----------------
293
wdenkb8c83182004-07-11 22:37:59 +0000294 CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250, CONFIG_DNP1110,
295 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE,
296 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610,
297 CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400 CONFIG_LUBBOCK,
298 CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730,
299 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB,
300 CONFIG_VCMA9
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000301
wdenk507bbe32004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000302 MicroBlaze based boards:
303 ------------------------
304
305 CONFIG_SUZAKU
306
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000307
308- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
309 Define exactly one of
310 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
311--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
312 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
313 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
314
315- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
316 Define exactly one of
317 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
318
319- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
320 Define one or more of
321 CONFIG_CMA302
322
323- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
324 Define one or more of
325 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
326 the lcd display every second with
327 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
328
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000329- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
330 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
331 Possible values are:
332 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenk180d3f72004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000333 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk54387ac2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000334 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk04a85b32004-04-15 18:22:41 +0000335 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000336
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000337- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000338 Define exactly one of
339 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000340
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000341- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenk66ca92a2004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000342 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
343 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000344 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
345 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenk66ca92a2004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000346 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
347 or XTAL/EXTAL)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000348
wdenk66ca92a2004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000349- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
350 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
351 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
352 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000353 See doc/README.MPC866
354
355 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
356
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000357 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
358 of relying on the correctness of the configured
359 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
360 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
361 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
wdenk66ca92a2004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000362 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000363
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000364- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000365 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
366
367 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
368 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
369 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
370 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
371 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
372 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
373 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000374 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
375 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
376 default environment.
377
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000378 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
379
380 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
381 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
382 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
383
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000384- Serial Ports:
385 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
386
387 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
388
389 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
390
391 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
392
393 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
394
395 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
396 the clock speed of the UARTs.
397
398 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
399
400 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
401 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
402 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
403
404
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000405- Console Interface:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000406 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
407 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
408 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
409 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000410
411 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
412 port routines must be defined elsewhere
413 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
414
415 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
416 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
417 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
418 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
419 (default big endian)
420 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
421 rectangle fill
422 (cf. smiLynxEM)
423 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
424 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
425 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
426 (cols=pitch)
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000427 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
428 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000429 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
430 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000431 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000432 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
433 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
434 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
435 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
436 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
437 (i.e. i8042_getc)
438 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
439 (requires blink timer
440 cf. i8042.c)
441 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
442 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
443 upper right corner
444 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
445 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
446 upper left corner
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000447 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
448 linux_logo.h for logo.
449 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000450 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
451 addional board info beside
452 the logo
453
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000454 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
455 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
456 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000457
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000458 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
459 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
460 the "silent" environment variable. See
461 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenka3ad8e22003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000462
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000463- Console Baudrate:
464 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
465 Select one of the baudrates listed in
466 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk3bbc8992003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000467 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000468
469- Interrupt driven serial port input:
470 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
471
472 PPC405GP only.
473 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
474 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
475 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
476 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
477
wdenk109c0e32004-03-23 21:43:07 +0000478 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
479 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000480
stroese1d49b1f2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000481- Console UART Number:
482 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
483
484 IBM PPC4xx only.
485 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
486 as default U-Boot console.
487
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000488- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
489 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
490 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
491
492 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
493 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
494 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
495 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
496 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
497 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
498 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
499 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
500 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
501 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
502 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
503 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
504
505- Autoboot Command:
506 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
507 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
508 define a command string that is automatically executed
509 when no character is read on the console interface
510 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
511
512 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000513 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
514 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
515 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000516
517 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000518 The value of these goes into the environment as
519 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
520 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
521 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000522
523- Pre-Boot Commands:
524 CONFIG_PREBOOT
525
526 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
527 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
528 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
529 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
530 entering interactive mode.
531
532 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
533 automatically generated or modified. For an example
534 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
535 modified when the user holds down a certain
536 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
537 booting the systems
538
539- Serial Download Echo Mode:
540 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
541 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
542 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
543 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
544 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
545 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
546 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
547
548- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
549 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
550 Select one of the baudrates listed in
551 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
552
553- Monitor Functions:
554 CONFIG_COMMANDS
555 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
556 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
557 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
558 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
559 following values:
560
561 #define enables commands:
562 -------------------------
563 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
wdenk78137c32003-09-15 18:00:00 +0000564 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000565 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000566 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000567 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000568 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000569 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000570 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000571 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
572 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000573 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000574 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
575 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000576 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000577 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments
578 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000579 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000580 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
581 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000582 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000583 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000584 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
585 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000586 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000587 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
588 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
589 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000590 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000591 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
592 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000593 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000594 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000595 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
596 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
597 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
598 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +0000599 loop, loopw, mtest
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000600 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000601 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
602 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000603 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000604 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
605 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
606 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000607 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
608 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000609 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
610 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000611 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000612 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000613 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000614 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
615 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
616 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000617 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000618 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000619 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000620 -----------------------------------------------
621 CFG_CMD_ALL all
622
wdenk81050922004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000623 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000624 this is includes all commands, except
625 the ones marked with "*" in the list
626 above.
627
628 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
wdenk81050922004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000629 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000630 override the default settings in the respective
631 include file.
632
633 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
634 support you can write:
635
636 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
637
638
639 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000640 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
641 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
642 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
643 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
644 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
645 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
646 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000647
648
649 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
650
651- Watchdog:
652 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
653 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000654 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000655 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
656 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
657 register.
658
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000659- U-Boot Version:
660 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
661 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
662 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
663 version as printed by the "version" command.
664 This variable is readonly.
665
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000666- Real-Time Clock:
667
668 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
669 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
670 following options:
671
672 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
673 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
674 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000675 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000676 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk7f70e852003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000677 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000678 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
wdenk4c0d4c32004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000679 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000680
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000681 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
682 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
683
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000684- Timestamp Support:
685
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000686 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
687 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
688 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
689 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000690
691- Partition Support:
692 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
693 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
694
695 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
696 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
697 one partition type as well.
698
699- IDE Reset method:
wdenk4d13cba2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000700 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
701 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000702
wdenk4d13cba2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000703 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
704 be performed by calling the function
705 ide_set_reset(int reset)
706 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000707
708- ATAPI Support:
709 CONFIG_ATAPI
710
711 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
712
wdenkc40b2952004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000713- LBA48 Support
714 CONFIG_LBA48
715
716 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
717 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
718 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
719 support disks up to 2.1TB.
720
721 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
722 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
723 Default is 32bit.
724
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000725- SCSI Support:
726 At the moment only there is only support for the
727 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
728 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
729
730 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
731 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
732 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
733 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
734 devices.
735 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
736
737- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000738 CONFIG_E1000
739 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese53cf9432003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000740
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000741 CONFIG_EEPRO100
742 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
743 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
744 write routine for first time initialisation.
745
746 CONFIG_TULIP
747 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
748 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
749 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
750
751 CONFIG_NATSEMI
752 Support for National dp83815 chips.
753
754 CONFIG_NS8382X
755 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
756
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000757- NETWORK Support (other):
758
759 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
760 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
761
762 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
763 Define this to hold the physical address
764 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
765
766 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
767 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
768
wdenkf39748a2004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000769 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
770 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
771
772 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
773 Define this to hold the physical address
774 of the device (I/O space)
775
776 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
777 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
778
779 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
780 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
781 (some hardware wont work with macros)
782
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000783- USB Support:
784 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
wdenk4d13cba2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000785 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000786 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
787 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
788 end define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
789 storage devices.
790 Note:
791 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
792 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk4d13cba2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000793 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
794 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
795 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
796 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
797 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
798 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
799
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000800
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000801- MMC Support:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000802 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
803 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
804 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000805 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
806 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000807 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000808
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000809- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
810 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
811 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
812 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
813
814 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
815 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
816 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
817
818 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
819 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
820 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
821
822 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
823 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
824 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
825 have not defined a custom partition
826
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000827- Keyboard Support:
828 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
829
830 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
831 support
832
833 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
834 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
835 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
836 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
837 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
838
839- Video support:
840 CONFIG_VIDEO
841
842 Define this to enable video support (for output to
843 video).
844
845 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
846
847 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
848
849 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
wdenkb79a11c2004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000850 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
wdenkeeb1b772004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000851 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
852 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
853 assumed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000854
wdenkb79a11c2004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000855 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
856 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
wdenkeeb1b772004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000857 are possible:
858 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
wdenk6e592382004-04-18 17:39:38 +0000859 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
wdenkeeb1b772004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000860
861 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
862 -------------+---------------------------------------------
863 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
864 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
865 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
866 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
867 -------------+---------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000868 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
869
wdenkb79a11c2004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000870 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
wdenkeeb1b772004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000871 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c)
872
873
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000874 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000875 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000876 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
877 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
878
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000879- Keyboard Support:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000880 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000881
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000882 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
883 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
884 defined in your board-specific files.
885 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000886
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000887- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
888
889 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
890 display); also select one of the supported displays
891 by defining one of these:
892
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000893 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000894
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000895 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000896
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000897 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000898
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000899 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
900 Active, color, single scan.
901
902 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
903
904 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000905 Active, color, single scan.
906
907 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
908
909 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
910 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
911
912 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
913
914 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
915 Active, color, single scan.
916
917 CONFIG_HLD1045
918
919 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
920 Active, color, single scan.
921
922 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
923
924 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
925 or
926 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
927 or
928 Hitachi SP14Q002
929
930 320x240. Black & white.
931
932 Normally display is black on white background; define
933 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
934
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000935- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000936
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000937 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
938 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
939 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
wdenke94d2cd2004-06-30 22:59:18 +0000940 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000941 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
942 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
943 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
944 loaded very quickly after power-on.
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000945
wdenkc29fdfc2003-08-29 20:57:53 +0000946- Compression support:
947 CONFIG_BZIP2
948
949 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
950 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
951 compressed images are supported.
952
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000953 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
954 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
955 be at least 4MB.
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000956
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000957- MII/PHY support:
958 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
959
960 The address of PHY on MII bus.
961
962 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
963
964 The clock frequency of the MII bus
965
966 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
967
968 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
969 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
970
971 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
972
973 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
974 reset before any MII register access is possible.
975 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
976 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
977
978 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
979
980 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
981 command issued before MII status register can be read
982
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000983- Ethernet address:
984 CONFIG_ETHADDR
985 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
986 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
987
988 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
989 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
990 is not determined automatically.
991
992- IP address:
993 CONFIG_IPADDR
994
995 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
996 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
997 determined through e.g. bootp.
998
999- Server IP address:
1000 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1001
1002 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1003 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1004
1005- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1006 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1007
1008 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1009 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1010 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1011 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1012 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1013 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1014 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1015 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1016 following delays are insterted then:
1017
1018 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1019 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1020 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1021 4th and following
1022 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1023
stroesefe389a82003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001024- DHCP Advanced Options:
1025 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
1026
1027 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
1028 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
1029
1030 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1031 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1032 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1033 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1034 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1035 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1036 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1037 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
1038
1039 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1040 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1041 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1042 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
1043 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
1044 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
1045 the DHCP server.
1046
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001047 - CDP Options:
wdenk6e592382004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001048 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001049
1050 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1051
1052 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1053
1054 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1055 of the device.
1056
1057 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1058
1059 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1060 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1061 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1062
1063 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1064
1065 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1066 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1067
1068 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1069
1070 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1071
1072 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1073
1074 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1075
1076 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1077
1078 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1079
1080 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1081
1082 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1083 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1084
1085 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1086
1087 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1088
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001089- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1090
1091 Several configurations allow to display the current
1092 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1093 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1094 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1095 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1096 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1097 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1098 feature in U-Boot.
1099
1100- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1101
1102 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1103 on those systems that support this (optional)
1104 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1105
1106- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1107
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001108 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001109 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1110 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001111
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001112 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1113 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001114 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1115 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001116 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001117
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001118 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001119
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001120 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001121 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1122 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001123
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001124 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001125 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001126
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001127 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001128 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1129 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1130 the cpu's i2c node address).
1131
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001132 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1133 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1134 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001135 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001136
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001137 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001138
1139 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1140 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1141 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001142
1143 I2C_INIT
1144
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001145 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001146 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001147
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001148 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001149
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001150 I2C_PORT
1151
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001152 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1153 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1154 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001155
1156 I2C_ACTIVE
1157
1158 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1159 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1160 define can be null.
1161
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001162 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1163
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001164 I2C_TRISTATE
1165
1166 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1167 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1168 define can be null.
1169
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001170 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1171
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001172 I2C_READ
1173
1174 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1175 FALSE if it is low.
1176
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001177 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1178
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001179 I2C_SDA(bit)
1180
1181 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1182 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1183
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001184 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001185 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001186 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001187
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001188 I2C_SCL(bit)
1189
1190 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1191 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1192
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001193 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001194 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001195 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001196
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001197 I2C_DELAY
1198
1199 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1200 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001201 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001202 like:
1203
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001204 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001205
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001206 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1207
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001208 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1209 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1210 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1211 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1212 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1213 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1214 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1215 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001216
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001217 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1218
1219 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1220 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1221 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1222
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001223- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1224
1225 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1226 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1227 D/As on the SACSng board)
1228
1229 CONFIG_SPI_X
1230
1231 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1232 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1233
1234 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1235
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001236 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1237 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1238 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1239 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1240 defined, the board configuration must define several
1241 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1242 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001243
1244- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1245
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001246 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001247
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001248 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001249
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001250 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1251 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001252
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001253 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001254
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001255 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001256
1257 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1258
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001259 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1260 status by the configuration function. This option
1261 will require a board or device specific function to
1262 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001263
1264 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1265
1266 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1267 configuration driver.
1268
1269 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1270 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1271
1272 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1273
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001274 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1275 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1276 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1277 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001278
1279 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1280
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001281 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1282 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1283 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1284 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001285
1286 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1287
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001288 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1289 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001290
1291 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1292
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001293 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1294 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001295
1296- Configuration Management:
1297 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1298
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001299 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1300 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001301
1302- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1303
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001304 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1305 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001306 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001307 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1308 protects these variables from casual modification by
1309 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1310 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1311 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001312
1313 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1314 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001315 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001316 these parameters.
1317
1318 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1319 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1320 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1321 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1322 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1323 read-only.]
1324
1325- Protected RAM:
1326 CONFIG_PRAM
1327
1328 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1329 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1330 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1331 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1332 this default value by defining an environment
1333 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1334 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1335 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1336 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1337 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1338 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1339 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1340
1341 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1342 saveenv
1343
1344 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1345 either, which results in a memory region that will
1346 not be affected by reboots.
1347
1348 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1349 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1350 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1351 following board configurations are known to be
1352 "pRAM-clean":
1353
1354 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1355 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1356 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1357
1358- Error Recovery:
1359 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1360
1361 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1362 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1363 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1364 system where you want to system to reboot
1365 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1366 useful during development since you can try to debug
1367 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1368
1369 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1370
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001371 This variable defines the number of retries for
1372 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1373 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1374 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001375
1376- Command Interpreter:
wdenk04a85b32004-04-15 18:22:41 +00001377 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1378
1379 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1380
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001381 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1382
1383 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1384 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1385 powerful command line syntax like
1386 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1387 constructs ("shell scripts").
1388
1389 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1390 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1391
1392
1393 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1394
1395 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1396 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1397 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1398
1399 Note:
1400
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001401 In the current implementation, the local variables
1402 space and global environment variables space are
1403 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1404 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1405 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1406 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1407 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001408
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001409 Global environment variables are those you use
1410 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1411 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1412 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001413
1414 To store commands and special characters in a
1415 variable, please use double quotation marks
1416 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1417 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1418 symbols.
1419
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001420- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001421 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1422
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001423 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1424 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001425 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001426
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001427 For example, place something like this in your
1428 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001429
1430 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1431 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1432 "myvar2=value2\0"
1433
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001434 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1435 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1436 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1437 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001438 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001439 You better know what you are doing here.
1440
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001441 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1442 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1443 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1444 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001445
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001446- DataFlash Support:
wdenk2abbe072003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001447 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1448
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001449 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1450 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1451 commands cp, md...
wdenk2abbe072003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001452
wdenk3f85ce22004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001453- SystemACE Support:
1454 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1455
1456 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1457 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1458 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1459 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1460
1461 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1462 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1463
1464 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1465 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1466
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001467- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001468 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1469
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001470 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1471 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1472 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1473 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1474 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1475 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001476
1477 Arg Where When
1478 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001479 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001480 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001481 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001482 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001483 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001484 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1485 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1486 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1487 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1488 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1489 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1490 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1491 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1492 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1493 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1494 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1495 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001496 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1497 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001498 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001499 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001500 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1501 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1502 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1503 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1504 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1505 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1506
wdenk11dadd52004-02-27 00:07:27 +00001507 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1508 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1509 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
wdenk63e73c92004-02-23 22:22:28 +00001510
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001511 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1512 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1513 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1514 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1515 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1516
1517 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1518 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1519 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1520 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1521 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1522 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1523 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1524
wdenk206c60c2003-09-18 10:02:25 +00001525 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1526 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1527 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1528 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1529 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1530
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001531 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001532
1533
1534Modem Support:
1535--------------
1536
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001537[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001538
1539- Modem support endable:
1540 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1541
1542- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1543 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1544
1545- Modem debug support:
1546 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1547
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001548 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1549 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001550
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001551- Interrupt support (PPC):
1552
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001553 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1554 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1555 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1556 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1557 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1558 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1559 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1560 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1561 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1562 general timer_interrupt().
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001563
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001564- General:
1565
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001566 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1567 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1568 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1569 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1570 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1571 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1572 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001573
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001574 If there are no modem init strings in the
1575 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1576 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1577 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001578
1579 See also: doc/README.Modem
1580
1581
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001582Configuration Settings:
1583-----------------------
1584
1585- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1586 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1587
1588- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1589 prompt for user input.
1590
1591- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1592
1593- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1594
1595- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1596
1597- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1598 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1599 booted
1600
1601- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1602 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1603
1604- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001605 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001606
1607- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001608 If the board specific function
1609 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1610 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001611 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1612
1613- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001614 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001615
1616- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1617 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1618
1619- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1620 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1621 simple memory test.
1622
1623- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001624 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001625
wdenk5f535fe2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001626- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1627 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1628 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1629
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001630- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1631 Default load address for network file downloads
1632
1633- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1634 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1635
1636- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1637 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1638
1639- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1640 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1641 Cogent motherboard)
1642
1643- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1644 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1645
1646- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1647 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1648 make config files to be same as the text base address
1649 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1650 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1651
1652- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001653 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1654 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1655 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1656 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001657
1658- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1659 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1660
1661- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1662 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1663 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1664 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1665 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1666
1667- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1668 Max number of Flash memory banks
1669
1670- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1671 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1672
1673- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1674 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1675
1676- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1677 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1678
wdenk8564acf2003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001679- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1680 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1681
1682- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1683 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1684
1685- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1686 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1687 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1688
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001689- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1690
1691 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1692 without this option such a download has to be
1693 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1694 copy from RAM to flash.
1695
1696 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1697 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1698 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1699 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1700 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1701
1702- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001703 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk5653fc32004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001704 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1705
1706- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1707 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1708 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001709
stroese53cf9432003-06-05 15:39:44 +00001710- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1711 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1712 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1713 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1714 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1715 on high ethernet traffic.
1716 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1717
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001718The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1719of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1720following configurations:
1721
1722- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1723
1724 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1725
1726 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1727 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1728 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1729 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1730 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1731 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1732 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1733 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1734 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1735 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1736 between U-Boot and the environment.
1737
1738 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1739
1740 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1741 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1742 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1743 for this sector is given here.
1744
1745 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1746
1747 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1748
1749 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1750 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1751 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1752
1753 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1754
1755 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1756
1757
1758 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1759 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1760 the environment.
1761
1762 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1763
1764 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1765 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1766 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1767 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1768
1769 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1770 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1771 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1772 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1773 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1774 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1775 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1776 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1777 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1778
1779 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1780 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1781
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001782 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1783 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +00001784 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001785 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001786
1787BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1788source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1789accordingly!
1790
1791
1792- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1793
1794 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1795 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1796 environment.
1797
1798 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1799 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1800
1801 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1802 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1803 can just be read and written to, without any special
1804 provision.
1805
1806BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1807in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1808console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1809U-Boot will hang.
1810
1811Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1812environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1813keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1814to save the current settings.
1815
1816
1817- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1818
1819 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1820 device and a driver for it.
1821
1822 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1823 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1824
1825 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1826 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1827
1828 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1829 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1830 The default address is zero.
1831
1832 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1833 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1834 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1835 would require six bits.
1836
1837 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1838 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001839 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001840
1841 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1842 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1843 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1844
wdenk5cf91d62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00001845 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
1846 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
1847 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
1848 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
1849 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
1850 byte chips.
1851
1852 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
1853 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
1854 in the chip address.
1855
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001856 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1857 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1858
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001859
wdenk5779d8d2003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001860- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
1861
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001862 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk5779d8d2003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001863 want to use for the environment.
1864
1865 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1866 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1867 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1868
1869 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
1870 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
1871 at the specified address.
1872
wdenk13a56952004-06-09 14:58:14 +00001873- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
1874
1875 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
1876 for the environment.
1877
1878 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1879 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1880
1881 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
1882 area within the first NAND device.
wdenk5779d8d2003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001883
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001884- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1885
1886 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1887 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1888 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1889 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1890 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1891 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1892 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1893
1894Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1895has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1896created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1897until then to read environment variables.
1898
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001899The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1900is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1901with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1902necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1903"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1904have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001905
1906Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1907the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001908use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001909
wdenkfc3e2162003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001910- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001911 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenkfc3e2162003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001912
1913 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
1914 also needs to be defined.
1915
1916- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001917 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001918
wdenkc40b2952004-03-13 23:29:43 +00001919- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
1920 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
1921 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
1922
1923- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
1924 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
1925
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001926Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001927---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001928
1929- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1930 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1931
1932- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
1933 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001934
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001935 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
1936 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
1937 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001938
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001939- Floppy Disk Support:
1940 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1941
1942 the default drive number (default value 0)
1943
1944 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
1945
1946 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1947 (default value 1)
1948
1949 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
1950
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001951 defines the offset of register from address. It
1952 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1953 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001954
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001955 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
1956 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
1957 default value.
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001958
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001959 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
1960 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
1961 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
1962 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
1963 initializations.
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001964
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001965- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory Mapped
1966 Register; DO NOT CHANGE! (11-4)
1967 [MPC8xx systems only]
1968
1969- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
1970
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001971 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001972 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1973 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1974 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1975 will become available only after programming the
1976 memory controller and running certain initialization
1977 sequences.
1978
1979 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
1980 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
1981 - MPC824X: data cache
1982 - PPC4xx: data cache
1983
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001984- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001985
1986 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
1987 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001988 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001989 data is located at the end of the available space
1990 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
1991 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
1992 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001993 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001994
1995 Note:
1996 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
1997 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
1998 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
1999 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2000 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2001
2002- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2003
2004- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2005
2006- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2007
2008- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2009
2010- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2011
2012- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2013
2014- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2015 SDRAM timing
2016
2017- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2018 periodic timer for refresh
2019
2020- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2021
2022- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2023 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2024 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2025 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2026 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2027
2028- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2029 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2030 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2031 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2032
2033- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2034 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2035 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2036 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2037
2038- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2039 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2040 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2041
2042- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2043 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2044 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2045
2046- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2047 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2048 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2049 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2050
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002051- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002052 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2053 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2054 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2055 cpm_8260.h.
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002056
stroese1d49b1f2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00002057- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2058 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2059 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2060 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2061 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2062 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2063 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenk5d232d02003-05-22 22:52:13 +00002064 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2065 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2066
wdenkc26e4542004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002067- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2068 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2069
2070- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2071 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
wdenk6e592382004-04-18 17:39:38 +00002072 to the given FEC; i. e.
2073 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
wdenkc26e4542004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002074 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2075
2076 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2077
2078- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2079 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2080 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2081
2082- CONFIG_RMII
2083 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2084 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2085 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2086
wdenk5cf91d62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002087- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2088 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2089 The syntax is:
2090
2091 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2092
2093 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2094 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2095 area should have.
2096
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002097- CONFIG_LOOPW
2098 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2099 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2100
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002101Building the Software:
2102======================
2103
2104Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
2105PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2106(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2107NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2108
2109If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2110have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2111with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2112you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2113the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2114change it to:
2115
2116 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2117
2118
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002119U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002120sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2121is done by typing:
2122
2123 make NAME_config
2124
2125where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2126configurations; the following names are supported:
2127
wdenk1eaeb582004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002128 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config
2129 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config
2130 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config
2131 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config
2132 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config
2133 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config
2134 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config
wdenke63c8ee2004-06-09 21:04:48 +00002135 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config
2136 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config
2137 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config
2138 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config
2139 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config
wdenk466b7412004-07-10 22:35:59 +00002140 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config
2141 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config
wdenk8b07a112004-07-10 21:45:47 +00002142 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config
2143 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config
2144 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8560ADS_config stxgp3_config
2145 ETX094_config NETVIA_config SXNI855T_config
2146 FADS823_config omap1510inn_config TQM823L_config
2147 FADS850SAR_config omap1610h2_config TQM850L_config
2148 FADS860T_config omap1610inn_config TQM855L_config
2149 FPS850L_config omap5912osk_config TQM860L_config
2150 WALNUT405_config
2151 ZPC1900_config
wdenk54387ac2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002152
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002153Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2154 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2155 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2156 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2157 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002158
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002159 make TQM823L_config
2160 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002161
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002162 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2163 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002164
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002165 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002166
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002167
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002168Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2169images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002170
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002171- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2172- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2173- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002174
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002175
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002176Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2177for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2178native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002179
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002180
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002181If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2182to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2183steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002184
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +000021851. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2186 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2187 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2188 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2189 keep this order.
21902. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2191 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2192 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
21933. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2194 your board
21953. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2196 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
21974. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
21985. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2199 to be installed on your target system.
22006. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2201 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002202
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002203
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002204Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2205==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002206
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002207If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2208or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2209provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2210the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2211official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002212
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002213But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2214cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2215the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2216just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2217for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2218select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2219environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2220MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002221
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002222 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002223
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002224or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002225
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002226 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002227
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002228See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002229
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002230
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002231Monitor Commands - Overview:
2232============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002233
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002234go - start application at address 'addr'
2235run - run commands in an environment variable
2236bootm - boot application image from memory
2237bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2238tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2239 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2240 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2241rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2242diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2243loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2244loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2245md - memory display
2246mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2247nm - memory modify (constant address)
2248mw - memory write (fill)
2249cp - memory copy
2250cmp - memory compare
2251crc32 - checksum calculation
2252imd - i2c memory display
2253imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2254inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2255imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2256icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2257iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2258iloop - infinite loop on address range
2259isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2260sspi - SPI utility commands
2261base - print or set address offset
2262printenv- print environment variables
2263setenv - set environment variables
2264saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2265protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2266erase - erase FLASH memory
2267flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2268bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2269iminfo - print header information for application image
2270coninfo - print console devices and informations
2271ide - IDE sub-system
2272loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002273loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002274mtest - simple RAM test
2275icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2276dcache - enable or disable data cache
2277reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2278echo - echo args to console
2279version - print monitor version
2280help - print online help
2281? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002282
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002283
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002284Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2285========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002286
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002287TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002288
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002289For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002290
2291
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002292Environment Variables:
2293======================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002294
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002295U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2296can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002297
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002298Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2299"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2300without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2301environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2302working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2303environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002304
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002305Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002306
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002307 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002308
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002309 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002310
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002311 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002312
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002313 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002314
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002315 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002316
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002317 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2318 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2319 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2320 load any image using TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002321
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002322 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2323 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2324 be automatically started (by internally calling
2325 "bootm")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002326
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002327 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2328 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2329 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2330 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2331 data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002332
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +00002333 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2334 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2335 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2336 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2337 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2338
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002339 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2340 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2341 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2342 is usually what you want since it allows for
2343 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2344 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2345 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2346 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2347 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2348 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2349 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002350
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002351 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2352 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2353 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2354 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2355 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2356 12 MB as well - this can be done with
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002357
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002358 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002359
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002360 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2361 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2362 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2363 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2364 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2365 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2366 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk4a6fd342003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002367
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002368 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002369
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002370 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2371 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002372
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002373 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002374
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002375 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenk38b99262003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002376
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002377 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002378
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002379 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002380
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002381 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002382
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002383 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2384 interface is used first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002385
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002386 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2387 interface is currently active. For example you
2388 can do the following
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002389
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002390 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2391 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2392 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2393 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002394
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002395 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2396 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2397 When set to "once" the network operation will
2398 fail when all the available network interfaces
2399 are tried once without success.
2400 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2401 themselves.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002402
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002403 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2404 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2405 VLAN tagged frames.
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002406
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002407The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2408updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2409depending the information provided by your boot server:
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002410
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002411 bootfile - see above
2412 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2413 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2414 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2415 hostname - Target hostname
2416 ipaddr - see above
2417 netmask - Subnet Mask
2418 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2419 serverip - see above
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002420
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002421
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002422There are two special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002423
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002424 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2425 as type string and/or serial number
2426 ethaddr - Ethernet address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002427
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002428These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2429the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2430once they have been set once.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002431
2432
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002433Further special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002434
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002435 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2436 with the "version" command. This variable is
2437 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002438
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002439
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002440Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2441only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002442
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002443
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002444Command Line Parsing:
2445=====================
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002446
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002447There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2448the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002449
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002450Old, simple command line parser:
2451--------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002452
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002453- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2454- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
2455- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax
2456- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2457 for example:
2458 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address)
2459- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2460 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002461
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002462Hush shell:
2463-----------
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002464
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002465- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2466 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2467 until...do...done, ...
2468- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2469 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2470 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2471 command
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002472
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002473General rules:
2474--------------
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002475
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002476(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2477 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2478 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2479 executed anyway.
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002480
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002481(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2482 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2483 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2484 variables are not executed.
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002485
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002486Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2487=======================================
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002488
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002489Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2490such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2491"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002492
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002493Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2494MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2495"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002496
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002497If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2498in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2499ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2500variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002501
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002502o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2503 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002504
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002505o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2506 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2507 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002508
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002509o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2510 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002511
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002512o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2513 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2514 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002515
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002516o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2517 is raised.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002518
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002519
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002520Image Formats:
2521==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002522
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002523The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2524can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2525definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2526defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002527
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002528* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2529 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2530 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2531 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
2532* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
2533 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2534 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
2535* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2536* Load Address
2537* Entry Point
2538* Image Name
2539* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002540
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002541The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2542and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2543CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002544
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002545
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002546Linux Support:
2547==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002548
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002549Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2550easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2551U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002552
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002553U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2554special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2555"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2556instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2557serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002558
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002559- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2560 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2561 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002562
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002563- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2564 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002565
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002566- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2567 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2568 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2569 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2570 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2571 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002572
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002573
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002574Linux HOWTO:
2575============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002576
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002577Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2578---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002579
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002580U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2581configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2582(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2583Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002584
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002585But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002586
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002587Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2588include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2589Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2590sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2591U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002592
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002593
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002594Configuring the Linux kernel:
2595-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002596
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002597No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2598device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002599
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002600
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002601Building a Linux Image:
2602-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002603
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002604With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2605not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2606"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2607U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2608which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2609100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002610
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002611Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002612
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002613 make TQM850L_config
2614 make oldconfig
2615 make dep
2616 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002617
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002618The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2619encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2620CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002621
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002622* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002623
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002624* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002625
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002626 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2627 -R .note -R .comment \
2628 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002629
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002630* compress the binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002631
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002632 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002633
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002634* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002635
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002636 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2637 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2638 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002639
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002640
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002641The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2642with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2643combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2644byte header containing information about target architecture,
2645operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2646stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002647
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002648"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2649print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002650
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002651In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2652contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2653checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002654
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002655 tools/mkimage -l image
2656 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002657
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002658The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2659from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002660
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002661 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2662 -n name -d data_file image
2663 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2664 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2665 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2666 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2667 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2668 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2669 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2670 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002671
wdenk69459792004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002672Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2673address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2674kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002675
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002676- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2677- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002678
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002679So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002680
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002681 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2682 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2683 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2684 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2685 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2686 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2687 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2688 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2689 Load Address: 0x00000000
2690 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002691
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002692To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002693
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002694 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2695 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2696 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2697 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2698 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2699 Load Address: 0x00000000
2700 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002701
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002702NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2703speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2704needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2705need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002706
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002707 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2708 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2709 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2710 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2711 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2712 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2713 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2714 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2715 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2716 Load Address: 0x00000000
2717 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002718
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002719
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002720Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2721when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002722
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002723 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2724 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2725 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2726 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2727 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2728 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2729 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2730 Load Address: 0x00000000
2731 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002732
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002733
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002734Installing a Linux Image:
2735-------------------------
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002736
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002737To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2738you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002739
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002740 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002741
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002742The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2743image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2744address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2745specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2746command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002747
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002748Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2749TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002750
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002751 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002752
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002753 .......... done
2754 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002755
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002756 => loads 40100000
2757 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2758 ~>examples/image.srec
2759 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2760 ...
2761 15989 15990 15991 15992
2762 [file transfer complete]
2763 [connected]
2764 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002765
2766
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002767You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2768this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2769corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002770
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002771 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002772
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002773 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2774 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2775 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2776 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2777 Load Address: 00000000
2778 Entry Point: 0000000c
2779 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002780
2781
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002782Boot Linux:
2783-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002784
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002785The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2786memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2787of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2788parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2789"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002790
2791
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002792 => printenv bootargs
2793 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002794
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002795 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002796
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002797 => printenv bootargs
2798 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002799
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002800 => bootm 40020000
2801 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2802 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2803 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2804 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2805 Load Address: 00000000
2806 Entry Point: 0000000c
2807 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2808 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2809 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
2810 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2811 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2812 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2813 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2814 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002815
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002816If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
2817the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2818format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002819
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002820 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002821
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002822 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2823 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2824 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2825 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2826 Load Address: 00000000
2827 Entry Point: 0000000c
2828 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002829
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002830 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2831 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2832 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2833 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2834 Load Address: 00000000
2835 Entry Point: 00000000
2836 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002837
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002838 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2839 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2840 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2841 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2842 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2843 Load Address: 00000000
2844 Entry Point: 0000000c
2845 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2846 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2847 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2848 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2849 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2850 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2851 Load Address: 00000000
2852 Entry Point: 00000000
2853 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2854 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2855 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
2856 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2857 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2858 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2859 ...
2860 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2861 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002862
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002863 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002864
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002865More About U-Boot Image Types:
2866------------------------------
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002867
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002868U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002869
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002870 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2871 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2872 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2873 the Standalone Program.
2874 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2875 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2876 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2877 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2878 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2879 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2880 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2881 being started.
2882 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2883 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2884 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2885 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2886 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2887 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002888
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002889 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2890 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2891 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2892 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2893 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2894 a multiple of 4 bytes).
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002895
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002896 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2897 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2898 flash memory.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002899
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002900 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2901 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2902 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2903 as command interpreter.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002904
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002905
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002906Standalone HOWTO:
2907=================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002908
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002909One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2910run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2911U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002912
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002913Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002914
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002915"Hello World" Demo:
2916-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002917
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002918'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2919application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2920It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2921like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002922
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002923 => loads
2924 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2925 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2926 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2927 [file transfer complete]
2928 [connected]
2929 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002930
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002931 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2932 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2933 Hello World
2934 argc = 7
2935 argv[0] = "40004"
2936 argv[1] = "Hello"
2937 argv[2] = "World!"
2938 argv[3] = "This"
2939 argv[4] = "is"
2940 argv[5] = "a"
2941 argv[6] = "test."
2942 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2943 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002944
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002945 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002946
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002947Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2948handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2949Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2950The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2951character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2952controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002953
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002954 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2955 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2956 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2957 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002958
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002959 => loads
2960 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2961 ~>examples/timer.srec
2962 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2963 [file transfer complete]
2964 [connected]
2965 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002966
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002967 => go 40004
2968 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2969 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2970 Using timer 1
2971 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002972
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002973Hit 'b':
2974 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2975 Enabling timer
2976Hit '?':
2977 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2978 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2979Hit '?':
2980 [q, b, e, ?] .
2981 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2982Hit '?':
2983 [q, b, e, ?] .
2984 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2985Hit '?':
2986 [q, b, e, ?] .
2987 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2988Hit 'e':
2989 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2990Hit 'q':
2991 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002992
2993
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002994Minicom warning:
2995================
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002996
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002997Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
2998"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2999consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3000Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3001especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3002use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003003
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003004Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3005configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003006
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003007 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3008 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3009 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003010
3011
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003012NetBSD Notes:
3013=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003014
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003015Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3016(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003017
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003018Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3019NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3020need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3021Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3022attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3023missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003024
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003025 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3026 # mkdir powerpc
3027 # ln -s powerpc machine
3028 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3029 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003030
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003031Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3032and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003033
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003034Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3035stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3036proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3037tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
3038meantime, send mail to bruno@exet-ag.de and/or wd@denx.de for
3039details.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003040
3041
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003042Implementation Internals:
3043=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003044
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003045The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3046implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3047inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3048hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003049
3050
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003051Initial Stack, Global Data:
3052---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003053
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003054The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3055starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3056system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3057This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3058is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3059at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3060options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3061models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3062MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3063locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003064
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003065 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3066 u-boot-users mailing list:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003067
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003068 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3069 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3070 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3071 ...
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003072
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003073 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3074 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3075 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3076 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3077 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3078 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3079 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3080 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003081
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003082 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3083 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3084 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3085 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3086 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3087 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3088 used.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003089
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003090 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3091 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3092 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
3093 Walnut405.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
3094 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3095 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3096 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3097 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3098 you get the config right.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003099
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003100 -Chris Hallinan
3101 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003102
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003103It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3104code for the initialization procedures:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003105
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003106* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3107 to write it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003108
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003109* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3110 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3111 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003112
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003113* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3114 that.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003115
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003116Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3117normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3118turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3119simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3120functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3121functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3122the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3123place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3124reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003125
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003126When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3127relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3128GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003129
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003130For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3131 R1: stack pointer
3132 R2: TOC pointer
3133 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3134 R5-R10: parameter passing
3135 R13: small data area pointer
3136 R30: GOT pointer
3137 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003138
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003139 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003140
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003141 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003142
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003143 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3144 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3145 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3146 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3147 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3148 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003149
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003150On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003151
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003152 R0: function argument word/integer result
3153 R1-R3: function argument word
3154 R9: GOT pointer
3155 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3156 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3157 R12: temporary workspace
3158 R13: stack pointer
3159 R14: link register
3160 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003161
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003162 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003163
3164
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003165Memory Management:
3166------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003167
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003168U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3169MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003170
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003171The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3172controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3173memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3174physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003175
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003176U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3177TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3178booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3179to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3180memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3181configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3182Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003183
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003184Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3185of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003186
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003187So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3188this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003189
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003190 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3191 :
3192 0x0000 1FFF
3193 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3194 :
3195 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003196
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003197 :
3198 :
3199 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3200 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3201 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3202 :
3203 0x00FD FFFF
3204 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3205 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3206 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3207 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003208
3209
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003210System Initialization:
3211----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003212
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003213In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3214(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3215configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3216To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3217To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3218initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3219which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3220part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3221the caches and the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003222
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003223Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3224preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3225(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3226on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3227programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3228simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3229banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003230
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003231When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3232different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3233bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
32340x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3235contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003236
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003237Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3238and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3239Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3240pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003241
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003242Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3243until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3244running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3245new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003246
3247
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003248U-Boot Porting Guide:
3249----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003250
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003251[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3252list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003253
3254
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003255int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3256{
3257 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003258
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003259 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3260 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003261
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003262 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3263 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003264 return 0;
3265 }
3266
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003267 Download latest U-Boot source;
3268
3269 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3270
3271 if (clueless) {
3272 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003273 }
3274
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003275 while (learning) {
3276 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3277 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3278 Read the source, Luke;
3279 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003280
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003281 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3282 Buy a BDI2000;
3283 } else {
3284 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3285 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003286
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003287 Create your own board support subdirectory;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003288
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003289 Create your own board config file;
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003290
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003291 while (!running) {
3292 do {
3293 Add / modify source code;
3294 } until (compiles);
3295 Debug;
3296 if (clueless)
3297 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3298 }
3299 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003300
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003301 return 0;
3302}
3303
3304void no_more_time (int sig)
3305{
3306 hire_a_guru();
3307}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003308
3309
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003310Coding Standards:
3311-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003312
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003313All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3314coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
3315kernel source directory.
3316
3317Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
3318in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
3319comments (//) in your code.
3320
3321Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3322- remove any trailing white space
3323- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3324- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3325- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3326- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
3327
3328Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3329with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003330
3331
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003332Submitting Patches:
3333-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003334
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003335Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3336establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3337may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003338
3339
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003340When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3341it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003342
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003343* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3344 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3345 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003346
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003347* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3348 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003349
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003350* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
3351
3352* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
3353
3354* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3355 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
3356
3357* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3358 document these in the README file.
3359
3360* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3361 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3362 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3363 version of GNU diff.
3364
3365 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3366 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3367 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3368 directory information for the affected files).
3369
3370 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3371 gzipped text.
3372
3373* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3374 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
3375
3376* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3377 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
3378
3379
3380Notes:
3381
3382* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3383 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3384 for any of the boards.
3385
3386* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3387 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3388 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
3389
3390* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3391 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3392 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3393 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3394 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3395 modification.