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wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001======================================================================
wdenkd126bfb2003-04-10 11:18:18 +00002Changes since U-Boot 0.3.0:
3======================================================================
4
5* Add support for TQM862L modules
6
7======================================================================
wdenk60fbe252003-04-08 23:25:21 +00008Changes for U-Boot 0.3.0:
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +00009======================================================================
10
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +000011* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 4 Apr 2003:
12 Add IDMA example code (tested on 8260 only)
13
14* Add support for Purple Board (MIPS64 5Kc)
15
16* Add support for MIPS64 5Kc CPUs
17
18* Fix missing setting of "loadaddr" and "bootfile" on ARM and MIPS
19
20* Patch by Denis Peter, 04 Apr 2003:
21 - update MIP405-4 board
22
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +000023* Patch by Stefan Roese, 4 Apr 2003:
24 - U-Boot version environment variable "ver" added
25 (CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
26 - Changed PPC405GPr version from A to B.
27 - Changed CPCI405 to use CTS instead of DSR on PPC405 UART1.
28
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +000029* Patches by Denis Peter, 03 April 2003:
30 - fix PCI IRQs on MPL boards
31 - fix two more un-relocated pointer problems
32
33* Fix behaviour of "run" command:
34 - print error message iv variable does not exist
35 - terminate processing of arguments in case of error
36
37* Patches by Peter Figuli, 10 Mar 2003
38 - Add support for BTUART on PXA platform
39 - Add support for WEP EP250 (PXA) board
40
41* Fix flash problems on INCA-IP; add tool to allow bruning images to
42 flash using a BDI2000
43
44* Implement fix for I2C Edge Conditions problem for all boards that
45 use the bit-banging driver (common/soft_i2c.c)
46
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +000047* Patch by Martin Winistoerfer, 23 Mar 2003
48 - Add port to MPC555/556 microcontrollers
49 - Add support for cmi customer board with
50 Intel 28F128J3A, 28F320J3A or 28F640J3A flash.
51
52* Patch by Rick Bronson, 28 Mar 2003:
53 - fix common/cmd_nand.c
54
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000055* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 24 Mar 2003:
56 - add threads / scheduler example code
57
58* Add patches by Robert Schwebel, 31 Mar 2003:
59 - add ctrl-c support for kermit download
60 - align bdinfo output on ARM
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +000061 - csb226 board: bring in sync with innokom/memsetup.S
62 - csb226 board: fix MDREFR handling
63 - misc doc fixes / extensions
64 - innokom board: cleanup, MDREFR fix in memsetup.S, config update
65 - add BOOT_PROGRESS to armlinux.c
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000066
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +000067* Add CPU ID, version, and clock speed for INCA-IP
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000068
wdenk506f0442003-03-28 14:40:36 +000069* Patches by Dave Ellis, 18 Mar 2003 for SXNI855T board:
70 - fix SRAM and SDRAM memory sizing
71 - add status LED support
72 - add MAC address for second (SCC1) ethernet port
73
74* Update default environment for TQM8260 board
75
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +000076* Patch by Rick Bronson, 16 Mar 2003:
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +000077 - Add NAND flash support for reading, writing, and erasing NAND
78 flash (certain forms of which are called SmartMedia).
79 - Add support for Atmel AT91RM9200DK ARM920T based development kit.
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +000080
81* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 19 Mar 2003:
82 - use arm-linux-gcc as default compiler for ARM
83 - fix i2c fixup code
84 - fix missing baudrate setting
85 - added $loadaddr / CFG_LOAD_ADDR support to loadb
86 - moved "ignoring trailing characters" _before_ u-boot wants to
87 print out diagnostics messages; removes bogus characters at the
88 end of transmission
89
90* Patch by John Zhan, 18 Mar 2003:
91 Add support for SinoVee Microsystems SC8xx boards
92
93* Patch by Rolf Offermanns, 21 Mar 2003:
94 ported the dnp1110 related changes from the current armboot cvs to
95 current u-boot cvs. smc91111 does not work. problem marked in
96 smc91111.c, grep for "FIXME".
97
98* Patch by Brian Auld, 25 Mar 2003:
99 Add support for STM flash chips on ebony board
100
wdenk4d75a502003-03-25 16:50:56 +0000101* Add PCI support for MPC8250 Boards (PM825 module)
102
stroese44e5c5c2003-03-25 14:44:48 +0000103* Patch by Stefan Roese, 25 Mar 2003:
104 - PCI405 update.
105
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000106* Patch by Stefan Roese, 20 Mar 2003:
107 - CPCI4052 update (support for revision 3).
108 - Set edge conditioning circuitry on PPC405GPr for compatibility
109 to existing PPC405GP designs.
110 - Clip udiv to 5 bits on PPC405 (serial.c).
111
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000112* Extend INCAIP board support:
113 - add automatic RAM size detection
114 - add "bdinfo" command
115 - pass flash address and size to Linux kernel
116 - switch to 150 MHz clock
117
wdenk06d01db2003-03-14 20:47:52 +0000118* Avoid flicker on the TRAB's VFD by synchronizing the enable with
119 the HSYNC/VSYNC. Requires new CPLD code (Version 101 for Rev. 100
120 boards, version 153 for Rev. 200 boards).
121
122* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 12 Mar 2003:
123 Fix relocation problem of statically initialized string pointers
124 in common/cmd_pci.c
125
126* Patch by Kai-Uwe Blöm, 12 Mar 2003:
127 Cleanup & bug fixes for JFFS2 code:
128 - the memory mangement was broken. It caused havoc on malloc by
129 writing beyond the block boundaries.
130 - the length calculation for files was wrong, sometimes resulting
131 in short file reads.
132 - data copying now optionally takes fragment version numbers into
133 account, to avoid copying from older data.
134 See doc/README.JFFS2 for details.
135
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000136* Patch by Josef Wagner, 12 Mar 2003:
137 - 16/32 MB and 50/80 MHz support with auto-detection for IP860
138 - ETH05 and BEDBUG support for CU824
139 - added support for MicroSys CPC45
140 - new BOOTROM/FLASH0 and DOC base for PM826
141
142* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 12 Mar 2003:
143 Fix the chpart command on innokom board
144
145* Name cleanup:
146 mv include/asm-i386/ppcboot-i386.h include/asm-i386/u-boot-i386.h
147 s/PPCBoot/U-Boot/ in some files
148 s/pImage/uImage/ in some files
149
150* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 15 Jan 2003:
151 Fix '' command line quoting
152
153* Patch by The LEOX team, 19 Jan 2003:
154 - add support for the ELPT860 board
155 - add support for Dallas ds164x RTC
156
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000157* Patches by David Müller, 31 Jan 2003:
158 - minimal setup for CardBus bridges
159 - add EEPROM read/write support in the CS8900 driver
160 - add support for the builtin I2C controller in the Samsung s3c24x0 chips
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000161 - add support for MPL's VCMA9 (Samsung s3c2410 based) board
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000162
163* Patch by Steven Scholz, 04 Feb 2003:
164 add support for RTC DS1307
165
166* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 5 Feb 2003:
167 fix PLPRCR/SCCR init sequence on 8xx to allow for
168 changes of EBDF by software
169
170* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 07 Feb 2003:
171 "API-compatibility patch" for 4xx I2C driver
172
173* TRAB fixes / extensions:
174 - Restore VFD brightness as saved in environment
175 - add support for FGujitsu flashes
176 - make sure both buzzers are turned off (drive low level)
177
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +0000178* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 06 Mar 2003:
179 - fix bug in BOOTP code (must use NetCopyIP)
180 - update of CSB226 port
181 - clear BSS segment on XScale
182 - added support for i2c_init_board() function
183 - update to the Innokom plattform
184
185* Extend support for redundand environments for configurations where
186 environment size < sector size
187
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000188* Patch by Rune Torgersen, 13 Feb 2003:
189 Add support for Motorola MPC8266ADS board
190
191* Patch by Kyle Harris, 19 Feb 2003:
192 patches for the Intel lubbock board:
193 memsetup.S - general cleanup (based on Robert's csb226 code)
194 flash.c - overhaul, actually works now
195 lubbock.c - fix init funcs to return proper value
196
197* Patch by Kenneth Johansson, 26 Feb 2003:
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000198 - Fixed off by one in RFTA calculation.
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000199 - No need to abort when LDF is lower than we can program it's only
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000200 minimum timing so clamp it to what we can do.
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000201 - Takes function pointer to function for reading the spd_nvram. Usefull
202 for faking data or hardcode a module without the nvram.
203 - fix other user for above change
204 - fix some comments.
205
206* Patches by Brian Waite, 26 Feb 2003:
207 - fix port for evb64260 board
208 - fix PCI for evb64260 board
209 - fix PCI scan
210
211* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 1 Mar 2003:
212 Add support for EMK TOP860 Module
213
214* Patch by Yuli Barcohen, 02 Mar 2003:
215 Add SPD EEPROM support for MPC8260ADS board
216
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000217* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 21 Jan 2003:
218 - Add support for Innokom board
219 - Don't complain if "install" fails
220 - README cleanup (remove duplicated lines)
221 - Update PXA header files
222
223* Add documentation for existing POST code (doc/README.POST)
224
225* Patch by Laudney Ren, 15 Jan 2003:
226 Fix handling of redundand environment in "tools/envcrc.c"
227
228* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 28 Feb 2003:
229 Add bedbug support for 824x systems
230
231* Add support for 16 MB flash configuration of TRAB board
232
233* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
234 Add support for RTEMS
235
236* Add image information to README
237
stroese2a9e02e2003-02-18 11:30:24 +0000238* Patch by Stefan Roese, 18 Feb 2003:
239 CPCIISER4 configuration updated.
240
stroesed7787c62003-02-17 16:06:06 +0000241* Patch by Stefan Roese, 17 Feb 2003:
242 Fixed bug in ext. serial clock setup on PPC405 (since PPC440 port).
243
stroesead10dd92003-02-14 11:21:23 +0000244* Patch by Stefan Roese, 13 Feb 2003:
245 Add "pcidelay" environment variable (in ms, enabled via
246 CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY).
247 PCI spec 2.2 defines, that a pci target has 2^25 pci clocks after
248 RST# to respond to configuration cycles (33MHz -> 1s).
249
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000250* Fix dual PCMCIA slot support (when running with just one
251 slot populated)
252
253* Add VFD type detection to trab board
254
255* extend drivers/cs8900.c driver to synchronize ethaddr environment
256 variable with value in the EEPROM
257
stroeseee1b3b52003-02-10 16:39:00 +0000258* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Feb 2003:
259 Add support for 4MB and 128MB onboard SDRAM (cpu/ppc4xx/sdram.c)
260
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000261* Add support for MIPS32 4Kc CPUs
262
263* Add support for INCA-IP Board
264
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000265======================================================================
266Changes for U-Boot 0.2.2:
267======================================================================
268
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +0000269* Add dual ethernet support on PM826
270
271* Add support for LXT971 PHY on PM826
272
273* Patch by Tord Andersson, 16 Jan 2003:
274 Fix flash sector count for TQM8xxL
275
276* Fix I2C EEPROM problem on ICU862 board (would only write the first
277 16 bytes out of each 32 byte block)
278
279======================================================================
280Changes for U-Boot 0.2.1:
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000281======================================================================
282
wdenk608c9142003-01-13 23:54:46 +0000283* Add support for V37 board
284 (patch by Jón Benediktsson, 11 Dec 2002)
285
wdenkd0fb80c2003-01-11 09:48:40 +0000286* Update baudrate in bd_info when it gets changed
287
288* Add watchdog trigger points while waiting for serial port
289 (so far only 8xx -- needed on LWMON with 100ms watchdog)
290
291* Improve command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
292 (figuration of the utility, using a config file)
293
wdenka25f8622003-01-02 23:57:29 +0000294* Add single quote support for (old) command line parser
295
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000296* Switch LWMON board default config from FRAM to EEPROM;
297 in POST, EEPROM shows up on 8 addresses
298
299======================================================================
wdenk2f91a3d2002-12-17 18:07:30 +0000300Changes for U-Boot 0.2.0:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000301======================================================================
302
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +0000303* Use 1-byte-read instead of -write for iprobe() function
304 Add i2c commands to PM826 config
305
306* extend I2C POST code: check for list on known addresses
307
wdenk228f29a2002-12-08 09:53:23 +0000308* Improve log buffer code; use "loglevel" to decide which messages
309 to log on the console, too (like in Linux); get rid of "logstart"
310
311* Add command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
312 (board-specific for TRAB now, to be fixed later)
313
wdenk7c7a23b2002-12-07 00:20:59 +0000314* Patch by Hans-Joerg Frieden, 06 Dec 2002
315 Fix misc problems with AmigaOne support
316
317* Patch by Chris Hallinan, 3 Dec 2002:
318 minor cleanup to the MPC8245 EPIC driver
319
320* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
321 Add support for external (SIU) interrupts on MPC8xx
322
323* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
324 Fix nested syscalls bug in standalone applications
325
326* Patch by David Müller, 27 Nov 2002:
327 fix output of "pciinfo" command for CardBus bridge devices.
328
329* Fix bug in TQM8260 board detection - boards got stuck when board ID
330 was not readable
331
wdenk1f53a412002-12-04 23:39:58 +0000332* Add LED indication for IDE activity on KUP4K board
333
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000334* Fix startup problems with VFD display on TRAB
335
336* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 20 Nov 2002
337 Add driver for Epson SED13806 graphic controller.
338 Add support for BMP logos in cfb_console driver.
339
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +0000340* Added support for both PCMCIA slots (at the same time!) on MPC8xx
341
342* Patch by Rod Boyce, 21 Nov 2002:
343 fix PCMCIA on MBX8xx board
344
345* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 21 Nov 2002
346 Add CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR to make the offset of the
347 bootmode word in DPRAM configurable
348
wdenkb2184c32002-11-19 23:01:07 +0000349* Patch by Daniel Engström, 18 Nov 2002:
350 Fixes for x86 port (mostly strings issues)
351
352* Patch by Ken Chou, 18 Nov 2002:
353 Fix for natsemi NIC cards (DP83815)
354
355* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 19 Nov 2002:
356 fix a bug for the MII configuration, and some warnings
357
wdenkc7de8292002-11-19 11:04:11 +0000358* Patch by Thomas Frieden, 13 Nov 2002:
359 Add code for AmigaOne board
360 (preliminary merge to U-Boot, still WIP)
361
362* Patch by Jon Diekema, 12 Nov 2002:
363 - Adding URL for IEEE OUI lookup
364 - Making the autoboot #defines dependent on CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
365 being defined.
366 - In the CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS #define, the root-on-initrd and
367 root-on-nfs macros are designed to switch how the default boot
368 method gets defined.
369
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000370* Patch by Daniel Engström, 13 Nov 2002:
371 Add support for i386 architecture and AMD SC520 board
372
373* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 12 Nov 2002:
374 Add support for DOS filesystem and booting from DOS floppy disk
375
wdenk1d0350e2002-11-11 21:14:20 +0000376* Patch by Jim Sandoz, 07 Nov 2002:
377 Increase number of network RX buffers (PKTBUFSRX in
378 "include/net.h") for EEPRO100 based boards (especially SP8240)
379 which showed "Receiver is not ready" errors when U-Boot was
380 processing the receive buffers slower than the network controller
381 was filling them.
382
wdenkeb9401e2002-11-11 02:11:37 +0000383* Patch by Andreas Oberritter, 09 Nov 2002:
384 Change behaviour of NetLoop(): return -1 for errors, filesize
385 otherwise; return code 0 is valid an means no file loaded - in this
386 case the environment still gets updated!
387
388* Patches by Jon Diekema, 9 Nov 2002:
389 - improve ADC/DAC clocking on the SACSng board to align
390 the failing edges of LRCLK and SCLK
391 - sbc8260 configuration tweaks
392 - add status LED support for 82xx systems
393 - wire sspi/sspo commands into command handler; improved error
394 handlering
395 - add timestamp support and alternate memory test to the
396 SACSng configuration
397
398* Patch by Vince Husovsky, 7 Nov 2002:
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000399 Add "-n" to linker options to get rid of "Not enough room for
400 program headers" problem
401
402* Patch by David Müller, 05 Nov 2002
403 Rename CONFIG_PLL_INPUT_FREQ to CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
404 so we can use an already existing name
405
406* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
407 Hardware relatied improvments in FDC boot code
408
409* Patch by Holger Schurig, 5 Nov 2002:
410 Make the PXA really change it's frequency
411
412* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
413 Add support for slave serial Spartan 2 FPGAs
414
415* Fix uninitialized memory (MAC address) in 8xx SCC/FEC ethernet
416 drivers
417
wdenk56f94be2002-11-05 16:35:14 +0000418* Add support for log buffer which can be passed to Linux kernel's
419 syslog mechanism; used especially for POST results.
420
421* Patch by Klaus Heydeck, 31 Oct 2002:
422 Add initial support for kup4k board
423
wdenk384ae022002-11-05 00:17:55 +0000424* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 04 Nov 2002:
425 - use watchdog to reset PXA250 systems
426 - added progress callbacks to (some of the) ARM code
427 - update for Cogent CSB226 board
428
429* Add support for FPS860 board
430
wdenke95b61c2002-11-04 16:02:40 +0000431* Patch by Guillaume Alexandre,, 04 Nov 2002:
432 Improve PCI access on 32-bits Compact PCI bus
433
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000434* Fix mdelay() on TRAB - this was still the debugging version with
435 seconds instead of ms.
436
437* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 1 Nov 2002:
438 XScale related cleanup (affects all ARM boards)
439
440* Cleanup of names and README.
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000441
442======================================================================
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000443Notes for U-Boot 0.1.0:
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000444======================================================================
445
446This is the initial version of "Das U-Boot", the Universal Boot Loader.
447
448It is based on version 2.0.0 (the "Halloween Release") of PPCBoot.
449For information about the history of the project please see the
450PPCBoot project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot
451
452======================================================================