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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
125- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
126- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000127- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000128- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
129- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
130- include Header Files
131- disk Harddisk interface code
132- net Networking code
133- ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
134- post Power On Self Test
135- post/arch Symlink to architecture specific Power On Self Test
136- post/arch-ppc PowerPC architecture specific Power On Self Test
137- post/cpu/mpc8260 MPC8260 CPU specific Power On Self Test
138- post/cpu/mpc8xx MPC8xx CPU specific Power On Self Test
139- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
140- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
141
142- cpu/74xx_7xx Files specific to Motorola MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
wdenk2e5983d2003-07-15 20:04:06 +0000143- cpu/arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000144- cpu/arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000145- cpu/mpc5xx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xx CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000146- cpu/mpc8xx Files specific to Motorola MPC8xx CPUs
147- cpu/mpc824x Files specific to Motorola MPC824x CPUs
148- cpu/mpc8260 Files specific to Motorola MPC8260 CPU
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000149- cpu/mpc85xx Files specific to Motorola MPC85xx CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000150- cpu/ppc4xx Files specific to IBM 4xx CPUs
151
wdenk2e5983d2003-07-15 20:04:06 +0000152
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000153- board/LEOX/ Files specific to boards manufactured by The LEOX team
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000154- board/LEOX/elpt860 Files specific to ELPT860 boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000155- board/RPXClassic
156 Files specific to RPXClassic boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000157- board/RPXlite Files specific to RPXlite boards
wdenk2abbe072003-06-16 23:50:08 +0000158- board/at91rm9200dk Files specific to AT91RM9200DK boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000159- board/c2mon Files specific to c2mon boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000160- board/cmi Files specific to cmi boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000161- board/cogent Files specific to Cogent boards
162 (need further configuration)
163 Files specific to CPCIISER4 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000164- board/cpu86 Files specific to CPU86 boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000165- board/cray/ Files specific to boards manufactured by Cray
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000166- board/cray/L1 Files specific to L1 boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167- board/cu824 Files specific to CU824 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000168- board/ebony Files specific to IBM Ebony board
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000169- board/eric Files specific to ERIC boards
170- board/esd/ Files specific to boards manufactured by ESD
171- board/esd/adciop Files specific to ADCIOP boards
172- board/esd/ar405 Files specific to AR405 boards
173- board/esd/canbt Files specific to CANBT boards
174- board/esd/cpci405 Files specific to CPCI405 boards
175- board/esd/cpciiser4 Files specific to CPCIISER4 boards
176- board/esd/common Common files for ESD boards
177- board/esd/dasa_sim Files specific to DASA_SIM boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000178- board/esd/du405 Files specific to DU405 boards
179- board/esd/ocrtc Files specific to OCRTC boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000180- board/esd/pci405 Files specific to PCI405 boards
181- board/esteem192e
182 Files specific to ESTEEM192E boards
183- board/etx094 Files specific to ETX_094 boards
184- board/evb64260
185 Files specific to EVB64260 boards
186- board/fads Files specific to FADS boards
187- board/flagadm Files specific to FLAGADM boards
wdenk7aa78612003-05-03 15:50:43 +0000188- board/gen860t Files specific to GEN860T and GEN860T_SC boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000189- board/genietv Files specific to GENIETV boards
190- board/gth Files specific to GTH boards
191- board/hermes Files specific to HERMES boards
192- board/hymod Files specific to HYMOD boards
193- board/icu862 Files specific to ICU862 boards
194- board/ip860 Files specific to IP860 boards
195- board/iphase4539
196 Files specific to Interphase4539 boards
197- board/ivm Files specific to IVMS8/IVML24 boards
198- board/lantec Files specific to LANTEC boards
199- board/lwmon Files specific to LWMON boards
wdenk3a473b22004-01-03 00:43:19 +0000200- board/Marvell Files specific to Marvell development boards
201- board/Marvell/db64360 Files specific to db64360 board
202- board/Marvell/db64460 Files specific to db64460 board
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000203- board/mbx8xx Files specific to MBX boards
204- board/mpc8260ads
wdenk180d3f72004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000205 Files specific to MPC826xADS and PQ2FADS-ZU/VR boards
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000206- board/mpc8540ads
207 Files specific to MPC8540ADS boards
208- board/mpc8560ads
209 Files specific to MPC8560ADS boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000210- board/mpl/ Files specific to boards manufactured by MPL
211- board/mpl/common Common files for MPL boards
212- board/mpl/pip405 Files specific to PIP405 boards
213- board/mpl/mip405 Files specific to MIP405 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000214- board/mpl/vcma9 Files specific to VCMA9 boards
215- board/musenki Files specific to MUSEKNI boards
216- board/mvs1 Files specific to MVS1 boards
217- board/nx823 Files specific to NX823 boards
218- board/oxc Files specific to OXC boards
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +0000219- board/omap1510inn
wdenk2e5983d2003-07-15 20:04:06 +0000220 Files specific to OMAP 1510 Innovator boards
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000221- board/omap1610inn
wdenk6f213472003-08-29 22:00:43 +0000222 Files specific to OMAP 1610 Innovator boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000223- board/pcippc2 Files specific to PCIPPC2/PCIPPC6 boards
224- board/pm826 Files specific to PM826 boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000225- board/ppmc8260
226 Files specific to PPMC8260 boards
wdenk3bbc8992003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000227- board/snmc/qs850 Files specific to QS850/823 boards
228- board/snmc/qs860t Files specific to QS860T boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000229- board/rpxsuper
230 Files specific to RPXsuper boards
231- board/rsdproto
232 Files specific to RSDproto boards
233- board/sandpoint
234 Files specific to Sandpoint boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000235- board/sbc8260 Files specific to SBC8260 boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000236- board/sacsng Files specific to SACSng boards
237- board/siemens Files specific to boards manufactured by Siemens AG
238- board/siemens/CCM Files specific to CCM boards
239- board/siemens/IAD210 Files specific to IAD210 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000240- board/siemens/SCM Files specific to SCM boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000241- board/siemens/pcu_e Files specific to PCU_E boards
242- board/sixnet Files specific to SIXNET boards
243- board/spd8xx Files specific to SPD8xxTS boards
244- board/tqm8260 Files specific to TQM8260 boards
245- board/tqm8xx Files specific to TQM8xxL boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000246- board/w7o Files specific to W7O boards
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000247- board/walnut405
248 Files specific to Walnut405 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000249- board/westel/ Files specific to boards manufactured by Westel Wireless
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000250- board/westel/amx860 Files specific to AMX860 boards
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000251- board/utx8245 Files specific to UTX8245 boards
252- board/zpc1900 Files specific to Zephyr Engineering ZPC.1900 board
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000253
254Software Configuration:
255=======================
256
257Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
258rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
259
260There are two classes of configuration variables:
261
262* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
263 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
264 "CONFIG_".
265
266* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
267 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
268 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
269 "CFG_".
270
271Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
272identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
273do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
274links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
275as an example here.
276
277
278Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
279---------------------------------------------------
280
281For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
282configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
283
284Example: For a TQM823L module type:
285
286 cd u-boot
287 make TQM823L_config
288
289For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
290e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
291directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
292
293
294Configuration Options:
295----------------------
296
297Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
298such information is kept in a configuration file
299"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
300
301Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
302"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
303
304
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000305Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
306kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
307build a config tool - later.
308
309
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000310The following options need to be configured:
311
312- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
313
314 PowerPC based CPUs:
315 -------------------
316 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000317 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000318 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000319 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000320 or CONFIG_IOP480
321 or CONFIG_405GP
wdenk12f34242003-09-02 22:48:03 +0000322 or CONFIG_405EP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000323 or CONFIG_440
324 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
wdenk72755c72003-06-20 23:10:58 +0000325 or CONFIG_750FX
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000326
327 ARM based CPUs:
328 ---------------
329 CONFIG_SA1110
330 CONFIG_ARM7
331 CONFIG_PXA250
332
333
334- Board Type: Define exactly one of
335
336 PowerPC based boards:
337 ---------------------
338
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000339 CONFIG_ADCIOP, CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_RPXsuper,
340 CONFIG_ADS860, CONFIG_IP860, CONFIG_SM850,
341 CONFIG_AMX860, CONFIG_IPHASE4539, CONFIG_SPD823TS,
342 CONFIG_AR405, CONFIG_IVML24, CONFIG_SXNI855T,
343 CONFIG_BAB7xx, CONFIG_IVML24_128, CONFIG_Sandpoint8240,
344 CONFIG_CANBT, CONFIG_IVML24_256, CONFIG_Sandpoint8245,
345 CONFIG_CCM, CONFIG_IVMS8, CONFIG_TQM823L,
346 CONFIG_CPCI405, CONFIG_IVMS8_128, CONFIG_TQM850L,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000347 CONFIG_CPCI4052, CONFIG_IVMS8_256, CONFIG_TQM855L,
348 CONFIG_CPCIISER4, CONFIG_LANTEC, CONFIG_TQM860L,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000349 CONFIG_CPU86, CONFIG_MBX, CONFIG_TQM8260,
350 CONFIG_CRAYL1, CONFIG_MBX860T, CONFIG_TTTech,
351 CONFIG_CU824, CONFIG_MHPC, CONFIG_UTX8245,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000352 CONFIG_DASA_SIM, CONFIG_MIP405, CONFIG_W7OLMC,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000353 CONFIG_DU405, CONFIG_MOUSSE, CONFIG_W7OLMG,
354 CONFIG_ELPPC, CONFIG_MPC8260ADS, CONFIG_WALNUT405,
355 CONFIG_ERIC, CONFIG_MUSENKI, CONFIG_ZUMA,
356 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E, CONFIG_MVS1, CONFIG_c2mon,
357 CONFIG_ETX094, CONFIG_NX823, CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000358 CONFIG_EVB64260, CONFIG_OCRTC, CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000359 CONFIG_FADS823, CONFIG_ORSG, CONFIG_ep8260,
360 CONFIG_FADS850SAR, CONFIG_OXC, CONFIG_gw8260,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000361 CONFIG_FADS860T, CONFIG_PCI405, CONFIG_hermes,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000362 CONFIG_FLAGADM, CONFIG_PCIPPC2, CONFIG_hymod,
363 CONFIG_FPS850L, CONFIG_PCIPPC6, CONFIG_lwmon,
364 CONFIG_GEN860T, CONFIG_PIP405, CONFIG_pcu_e,
365 CONFIG_GENIETV, CONFIG_PM826, CONFIG_ppmc8260,
366 CONFIG_GTH, CONFIG_RPXClassic, CONFIG_rsdproto,
367 CONFIG_IAD210, CONFIG_RPXlite, CONFIG_sbc8260,
368 CONFIG_EBONY, CONFIG_sacsng, CONFIG_FPS860L,
369 CONFIG_V37, CONFIG_ELPT860, CONFIG_CMI,
370 CONFIG_NETVIA, CONFIG_RBC823, CONFIG_ZPC1900,
wdenk3a473b22004-01-03 00:43:19 +0000371 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS, CONFIG_MPC8560ADS, CONFIG_QS850,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000372 CONFIG_QS823, CONFIG_QS860T, CONFIG_DB64360,
wdenk180d3f72004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000373 CONFIG_DB64460, CONFIG_DUET_ADS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000374
375 ARM based boards:
376 -----------------
377
378 CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, CONFIG_DNP1110, CONFIG_EP7312,
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000379 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LUBBOCK,
wdenk6f213472003-08-29 22:00:43 +0000380 CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000381 CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410,
wdenk531716e2003-09-13 19:01:12 +0000382 CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000383
384
385- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
386 Define exactly one of
387 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
388--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
389 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
390 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
391
392- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
393 Define exactly one of
394 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
395
396- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
397 Define one or more of
398 CONFIG_CMA302
399
400- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
401 Define one or more of
402 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
403 the lcd display every second with
404 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
405
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000406- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
407 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
408 Possible values are:
409 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenk180d3f72004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000410 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk54387ac2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000411 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000412
413
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000414- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000415 Define exactly one of
416 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000417
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000418- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000419 Define one or more of
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000420 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - if get_gclk_freq() cannot work
421 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
422 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000423
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000424- 859/866 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 CPU):
425 CFG_866_OSCCLK
426 CFG_866_CPUCLK_MIN
427 CFG_866_CPUCLK_MAX
428 CFG_866_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
429 See doc/README.MPC866
430
431 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
432
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000433 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
434 of relying on the correctness of the configured
435 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
436 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
437 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
438 RTC clock),
wdenk75d1ea72004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000439
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000440- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000441 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
442
443 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
444 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
445 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
446 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
447 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
448 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
449 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000450 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
451 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
452 default environment.
453
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000454 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
455
456 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
457 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
458 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
459
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000460- Console Interface:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000461 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
462 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
463 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
464 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000465
466 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
467 port routines must be defined elsewhere
468 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
469
470 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
471 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
472 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
473 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
474 (default big endian)
475 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
476 rectangle fill
477 (cf. smiLynxEM)
478 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
479 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
480 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
481 (cols=pitch)
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000482 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
483 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000484 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
485 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000486 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000487 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
488 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
489 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
490 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
491 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
492 (i.e. i8042_getc)
493 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
494 (requires blink timer
495 cf. i8042.c)
496 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
497 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
498 upper right corner
499 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
500 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
501 upper left corner
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000502 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
503 linux_logo.h for logo.
504 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000505 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
506 addional board info beside
507 the logo
508
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000509 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
510 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
511 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000512
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000513 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
514 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
515 the "silent" environment variable. See
516 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenka3ad8e22003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000517
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000518- Console Baudrate:
519 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
520 Select one of the baudrates listed in
521 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk3bbc8992003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000522 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000523
524- Interrupt driven serial port input:
525 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
526
527 PPC405GP only.
528 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
529 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
530 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
531 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
532
533 Set to 0 to disable this feature (this is the default).
534 This will also disable hardware handshake.
535
stroese1d49b1f2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000536- Console UART Number:
537 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
538
539 IBM PPC4xx only.
540 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
541 as default U-Boot console.
542
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000543- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
544 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
545 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
546
547 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
548 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
549 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
550 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
551 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
552 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
553 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
554 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
555 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
556 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
557 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
558 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
559
560- Autoboot Command:
561 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
562 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
563 define a command string that is automatically executed
564 when no character is read on the console interface
565 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
566
567 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000568 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
569 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
570 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000571
572 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000573 The value of these goes into the environment as
574 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
575 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
576 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000577
578- Pre-Boot Commands:
579 CONFIG_PREBOOT
580
581 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
582 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
583 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
584 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
585 entering interactive mode.
586
587 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
588 automatically generated or modified. For an example
589 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
590 modified when the user holds down a certain
591 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
592 booting the systems
593
594- Serial Download Echo Mode:
595 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
596 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
597 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
598 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
599 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
600 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
601 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
602
603- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
604 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
605 Select one of the baudrates listed in
606 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
607
608- Monitor Functions:
609 CONFIG_COMMANDS
610 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
611 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
612 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
613 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
614 following values:
615
616 #define enables commands:
617 -------------------------
618 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
wdenk78137c32003-09-15 18:00:00 +0000619 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000620 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
621 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG Include BedBug Debugger
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000622 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000623 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
624 CFG_CMD_CACHE icache, dcache
625 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
626 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
627 CFG_CMD_DHCP DHCP support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000628 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
629 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
630 CFG_CMD_DTT Digital Therm and Thermostat
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000631 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments
632 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
633 CFG_CMD_ELF bootelf, bootvx
634 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
635 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000636 CFG_CMD_FAT FAT partition support
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000637 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000638 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
639 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000640 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000641 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
642 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
643 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000644 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000645 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
646 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000647 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000648 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
649 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
650 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
651 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
652 loop, mtest
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000653 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000654 CFG_CMD_MMC MMC memory mapped support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000655 CFG_CMD_MII MII utility commands
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000656 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000657 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
658 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
659 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000660 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
661 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000662 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
663 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000664 CFG_CMD_SAVES save S record dump
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000665 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000666 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000667 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
668 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
669 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000670 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000671 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
672 -----------------------------------------------
673 CFG_CMD_ALL all
674
675 CFG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
676 this is includes all commands, except
677 the ones marked with "*" in the list
678 above.
679
680 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
681 CFG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
682 override the default settings in the respective
683 include file.
684
685 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
686 support you can write:
687
688 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
689
690
691 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000692 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
693 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
694 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
695 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
696 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
697 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
698 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000699
700
701 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
702
703- Watchdog:
704 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
705 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000706 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000707 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
708 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
709 register.
710
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000711- U-Boot Version:
712 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
713 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
714 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
715 version as printed by the "version" command.
716 This variable is readonly.
717
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000718- Real-Time Clock:
719
720 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
721 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
722 following options:
723
724 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
725 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
726 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000727 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000728 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk7f70e852003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000729 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000730 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000731
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000732 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
733 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
734
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000735- Timestamp Support:
736
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000737 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
738 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
739 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
740 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000741
742- Partition Support:
743 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
744 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
745
746 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
747 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
748 one partition type as well.
749
750- IDE Reset method:
751 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE
752
753 Set this to define that instead of a reset Pin, the
754 routine ide_set_reset(int idereset) will be used.
755
756- ATAPI Support:
757 CONFIG_ATAPI
758
759 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
760
761- SCSI Support:
762 At the moment only there is only support for the
763 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
764 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
765
766 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
767 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
768 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
769 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
770 devices.
771 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
772
773- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000774 CONFIG_E1000
775 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese53cf9432003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000776
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000777 CONFIG_EEPRO100
778 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
779 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
780 write routine for first time initialisation.
781
782 CONFIG_TULIP
783 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
784 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
785 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
786
787 CONFIG_NATSEMI
788 Support for National dp83815 chips.
789
790 CONFIG_NS8382X
791 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
792
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000793- NETWORK Support (other):
794
795 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
796 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
797
798 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
799 Define this to hold the physical address
800 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
801
802 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
803 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
804
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000805- USB Support:
806 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
807 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
808 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
809 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
810 end define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
811 storage devices.
812 Note:
813 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
814 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
815
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000816- MMC Support:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000817 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
818 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
819 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000820 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
821 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000822 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk71f95112003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000823
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000824- Keyboard Support:
825 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
826
827 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
828 support
829
830 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
831 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
832 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
833 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
834 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
835
836- Video support:
837 CONFIG_VIDEO
838
839 Define this to enable video support (for output to
840 video).
841
842 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
843
844 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
845
846 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
847 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip
848 Videomode are selected via environment 'videomode' with
849 standard LiLo mode numbers.
850 Following modes are supported (* is default):
851
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000852 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000853 256 (8bit) 303* 305 307
854 65536 (16bit) 314 317 31a
855 16,7 Mill (24bit) 315 318 31b
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000856 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
857
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000858 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000859 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000860 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
861 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
862
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000863- Keyboard Support:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000864 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
wdenk682011f2003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000865
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000866 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
867 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
868 defined in your board-specific files.
869 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000870
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000871- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
872
873 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
874 display); also select one of the supported displays
875 by defining one of these:
876
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000877 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000878
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000879 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000880
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000881 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000882
wdenkfd3103b2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000883 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
884 Active, color, single scan.
885
886 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
887
888 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000889 Active, color, single scan.
890
891 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
892
893 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
894 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
895
896 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
897
898 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
899 Active, color, single scan.
900
901 CONFIG_HLD1045
902
903 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
904 Active, color, single scan.
905
906 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
907
908 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
909 or
910 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
911 or
912 Hitachi SP14Q002
913
914 320x240. Black & white.
915
916 Normally display is black on white background; define
917 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
918
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000919- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000920
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000921 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
922 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
923 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
924 is supressed and the BMP image at the address
925 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
926 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
927 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
928 loaded very quickly after power-on.
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000929
wdenkc29fdfc2003-08-29 20:57:53 +0000930- Compression support:
931 CONFIG_BZIP2
932
933 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
934 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
935 compressed images are supported.
936
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000937 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
938 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
939 be at least 4MB.
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000940
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000941- Ethernet address:
942 CONFIG_ETHADDR
943 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
944 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
945
946 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
947 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
948 is not determined automatically.
949
950- IP address:
951 CONFIG_IPADDR
952
953 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
954 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
955 determined through e.g. bootp.
956
957- Server IP address:
958 CONFIG_SERVERIP
959
960 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
961 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
962
963- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
964 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
965
966 If you have many targets in a network that try to
967 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
968 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
969 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
970 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
971 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
972 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
973 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
974 following delays are insterted then:
975
976 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
977 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
978 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
979 4th and following
980 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
981
stroesefe389a82003-08-28 14:17:32 +0000982- DHCP Advanced Options:
983 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
984
985 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
986 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
987
988 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
989 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
990 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
991 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
992 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
993 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
994 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
995 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
996
997 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
998 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
999 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1000 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
1001 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
1002 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
1003 the DHCP server.
1004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001005- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1006
1007 Several configurations allow to display the current
1008 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1009 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1010 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1011 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1012 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1013 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1014 feature in U-Boot.
1015
1016- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1017
1018 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1019 on those systems that support this (optional)
1020 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1021
1022- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1023
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001024 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001025 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1026 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001027
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001028 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1029 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001030 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1031 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001032 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001033
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001034 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001035
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001036 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001037 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1038 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001039
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001040 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001041 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001042
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001043 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001044 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1045 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1046 the cpu's i2c node address).
1047
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001048 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1049 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1050 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001051 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001052
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001053 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001054
1055 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1056 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1057 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001058
1059 I2C_INIT
1060
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001061 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001062 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001063
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001064 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001065
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001066 I2C_PORT
1067
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001068 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1069 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1070 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001071
1072 I2C_ACTIVE
1073
1074 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1075 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1076 define can be null.
1077
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001078 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1079
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001080 I2C_TRISTATE
1081
1082 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1083 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1084 define can be null.
1085
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001086 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1087
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001088 I2C_READ
1089
1090 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1091 FALSE if it is low.
1092
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001093 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1094
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001095 I2C_SDA(bit)
1096
1097 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1098 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1099
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001100 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001101 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001102 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001103
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001104 I2C_SCL(bit)
1105
1106 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1107 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1108
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001109 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001110 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001111 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001112
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001113 I2C_DELAY
1114
1115 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1116 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001117 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001118 like:
1119
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001120 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001121
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001122 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1123
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001124 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1125 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1126 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1127 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1128 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1129 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1130 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1131 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001132
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001133- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1134
1135 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1136 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1137 D/As on the SACSng board)
1138
1139 CONFIG_SPI_X
1140
1141 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1142 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1143
1144 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1145
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001146 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1147 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1148 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1149 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1150 defined, the board configuration must define several
1151 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1152 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001153
1154- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1155
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001156 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001157
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001158 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001159
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001160 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001161 example,
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001162 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001163
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001164 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001165
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001166 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001167 configuration.
1168
1169 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1170
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001171 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1172 status by the configuration function. This option
1173 will require a board or device specific function to
1174 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001175
1176 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1177
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001178 If defined, a function that provides delays in the
1179 FPGA configuration driver.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001180
1181 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1182
1183 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1184
1185 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1186
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001187 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1188 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1189 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1190 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001191
1192 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1193
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001194 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1195 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1196 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001197
1198 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1199
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001200 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1201 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001202
1203 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1204
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001205 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001206 200 mS.
1207
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001208- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001209
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001210 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001211
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001212 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001213
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001214 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1215 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001216
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001217 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001218
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001219 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001220
1221 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1222
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001223 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1224 status by the configuration function. This option
1225 will require a board or device specific function to
1226 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001227
1228 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1229
1230 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1231 configuration driver.
1232
1233 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1234 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1235
1236 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1237
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001238 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1239 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1240 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1241 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001242
1243 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1244
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001245 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1246 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1247 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1248 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001249
1250 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1251
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001252 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1253 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001254
1255 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1256
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001257 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1258 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001259
1260- Configuration Management:
1261 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1262
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001263 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1264 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001265
1266- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1267
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001268 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1269 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001270 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001271 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1272 protects these variables from casual modification by
1273 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1274 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1275 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001276
1277 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1278 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001279 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001280 these parameters.
1281
1282 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1283 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1284 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1285 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1286 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1287 read-only.]
1288
1289- Protected RAM:
1290 CONFIG_PRAM
1291
1292 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1293 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1294 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1295 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1296 this default value by defining an environment
1297 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1298 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1299 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1300 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1301 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1302 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1303 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1304
1305 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1306 saveenv
1307
1308 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1309 either, which results in a memory region that will
1310 not be affected by reboots.
1311
1312 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1313 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1314 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1315 following board configurations are known to be
1316 "pRAM-clean":
1317
1318 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1319 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1320 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1321
1322- Error Recovery:
1323 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1324
1325 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1326 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1327 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1328 system where you want to system to reboot
1329 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1330 useful during development since you can try to debug
1331 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1332
1333 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1334
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001335 This variable defines the number of retries for
1336 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1337 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1338 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001339
1340- Command Interpreter:
1341 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1342
1343 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1344 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1345 powerful command line syntax like
1346 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1347 constructs ("shell scripts").
1348
1349 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1350 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1351
1352
1353 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1354
1355 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1356 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1357 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1358
1359 Note:
1360
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001361 In the current implementation, the local variables
1362 space and global environment variables space are
1363 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1364 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1365 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1366 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1367 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001368
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001369 Global environment variables are those you use
1370 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1371 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1372 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001373
1374 To store commands and special characters in a
1375 variable, please use double quotation marks
1376 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1377 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1378 symbols.
1379
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001380- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001381 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1382
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001383 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1384 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001385 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001386
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001387 For example, place something like this in your
1388 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001389
1390 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1391 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1392 "myvar2=value2\0"
1393
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001394 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1395 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1396 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1397 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001398 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001399 You better know what you are doing here.
1400
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001401 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1402 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1403 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1404 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001405
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001406- DataFlash Support:
wdenk2abbe072003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001407 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1408
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001409 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1410 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1411 commands cp, md...
wdenk2abbe072003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001412
wdenk3f85ce22004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001413- SystemACE Support:
1414 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1415
1416 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1417 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1418 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1419 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1420
1421 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1422 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1423
1424 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1425 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1426
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001427- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001428 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1429
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001430 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1431 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1432 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1433 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1434 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1435 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001436
1437 Arg Where When
1438 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001439 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001440 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001441 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001442 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001443 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001444 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1445 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1446 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1447 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1448 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1449 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1450 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1451 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1452 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1453 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1454 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1455 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001456 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1457 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001458 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001459 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001460 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1461 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1462 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1463 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1464 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1465 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1466
1467 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1468 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1469 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1470 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1471 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1472
1473 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1474 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1475 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1476 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1477 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1478 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1479 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1480
wdenk206c60c2003-09-18 10:02:25 +00001481 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1482 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1483 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1484 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1485 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1486
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001487 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001488
1489
1490Modem Support:
1491--------------
1492
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001493[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001494
1495- Modem support endable:
1496 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1497
1498- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1499 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1500
1501- Modem debug support:
1502 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1503
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001504 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1505 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001506
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001507- Interrupt support (PPC):
1508
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001509 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1510 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1511 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1512 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1513 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1514 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1515 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1516 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1517 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1518 general timer_interrupt().
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001519
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001520- General:
1521
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001522 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1523 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1524 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1525 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1526 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1527 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1528 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001529
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001530 If there are no modem init strings in the
1531 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1532 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1533 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001534
1535 See also: doc/README.Modem
1536
1537
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001538Configuration Settings:
1539-----------------------
1540
1541- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1542 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1543
1544- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1545 prompt for user input.
1546
1547- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1548
1549- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1550
1551- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1552
1553- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1554 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1555 booted
1556
1557- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1558 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1559
1560- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001561 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001562
1563- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001564 If the board specific function
1565 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1566 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001567 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1568
1569- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001570 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001571
1572- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1573 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1574
1575- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1576 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1577 simple memory test.
1578
1579- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001580 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001581
wdenk5f535fe2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001582- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1583 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1584 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1585
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001586- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1587 Default load address for network file downloads
1588
1589- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1590 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1591
1592- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1593 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1594
1595- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1596 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1597 Cogent motherboard)
1598
1599- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1600 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1601
1602- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1603 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1604 make config files to be same as the text base address
1605 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1606 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1607
1608- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001609 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1610 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1611 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1612 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001613
1614- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1615 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1616
1617- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1618 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1619 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1620 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1621 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1622
1623- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1624 Max number of Flash memory banks
1625
1626- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1627 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1628
1629- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1630 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1631
1632- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1633 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1634
wdenk8564acf2003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001635- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1636 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1637
1638- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1639 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1640
1641- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1642 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1643 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1644
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001645- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1646
1647 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1648 without this option such a download has to be
1649 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1650 copy from RAM to flash.
1651
1652 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1653 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1654 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1655 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1656 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1657
1658- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001659 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk5653fc32004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001660 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1661
1662- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1663 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1664 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001665
stroese53cf9432003-06-05 15:39:44 +00001666- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1667 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1668 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1669 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1670 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1671 on high ethernet traffic.
1672 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1673
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001674The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1675of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1676following configurations:
1677
1678- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1679
1680 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1681
1682 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1683 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1684 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1685 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1686 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1687 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1688 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1689 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1690 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1691 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1692 between U-Boot and the environment.
1693
1694 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1695
1696 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1697 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1698 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1699 for this sector is given here.
1700
1701 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1702
1703 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1704
1705 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1706 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1707 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1708
1709 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1710
1711 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1712
1713
1714 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1715 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1716 the environment.
1717
1718 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1719
1720 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1721 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1722 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1723 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1724
1725 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1726 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1727 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1728 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1729 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1730 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1731 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1732 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1733 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1734
1735 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1736 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1737
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001738 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1739 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +00001740 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001741 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001742
1743BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1744source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1745accordingly!
1746
1747
1748- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1749
1750 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1751 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1752 environment.
1753
1754 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1755 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1756
1757 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1758 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1759 can just be read and written to, without any special
1760 provision.
1761
1762BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1763in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1764console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1765U-Boot will hang.
1766
1767Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1768environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1769keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1770to save the current settings.
1771
1772
1773- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1774
1775 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1776 device and a driver for it.
1777
1778 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1779 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1780
1781 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1782 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1783
1784 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1785 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1786 The default address is zero.
1787
1788 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1789 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1790 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1791 would require six bits.
1792
1793 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1794 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001795 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001796
1797 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1798 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1799 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1800
1801 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1802 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1803
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001804
wdenk5779d8d2003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001805- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
1806
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001807 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk5779d8d2003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001808 want to use for the environment.
1809
1810 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1811 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1812 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1813
1814 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
1815 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
1816 at the specified address.
1817
1818
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001819- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1820
1821 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1822 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1823 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1824 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1825 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1826 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1827 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1828
1829Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1830has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1831created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1832until then to read environment variables.
1833
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001834The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1835is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1836with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1837necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1838"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1839have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001840
1841Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1842the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001843use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001844
wdenkfc3e2162003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001845- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001846 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenkfc3e2162003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001847
1848 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
1849 also needs to be defined.
1850
1851- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001852 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001853
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001854Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001855---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001856
1857- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1858 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1859
1860- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
1861 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001862
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001863 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
1864 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
1865 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001866
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001867- Floppy Disk Support:
1868 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1869
1870 the default drive number (default value 0)
1871
1872 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
1873
1874 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1875 (default value 1)
1876
1877 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
1878
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001879 defines the offset of register from address. It
1880 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1881 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001882
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001883 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
1884 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
1885 default value.
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001886
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001887 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
1888 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
1889 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
1890 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
1891 initializations.
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001892
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001893- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory Mapped
1894 Register; DO NOT CHANGE! (11-4)
1895 [MPC8xx systems only]
1896
1897- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
1898
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001899 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001900 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1901 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1902 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1903 will become available only after programming the
1904 memory controller and running certain initialization
1905 sequences.
1906
1907 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
1908 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
1909 - MPC824X: data cache
1910 - PPC4xx: data cache
1911
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001912- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001913
1914 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
1915 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001916 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001917 data is located at the end of the available space
1918 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
1919 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
1920 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001921 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001922
1923 Note:
1924 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
1925 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
1926 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
1927 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
1928 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
1929
1930- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
1931
1932- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
1933
1934- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
1935
1936- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
1937
1938- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
1939
1940- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
1941
1942- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
1943 SDRAM timing
1944
1945- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
1946 periodic timer for refresh
1947
1948- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
1949
1950- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
1951 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
1952 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
1953 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
1954 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
1955
1956- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
1957 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
1958 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
1959 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
1960
1961- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
1962 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
1963 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
1964 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
1965
1966- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1967 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1968 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
1969
1970- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1971 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1972 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
1973
1974- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
1975 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
1976 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
1977 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
1978
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +00001979- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001980 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
1981 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
1982 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
1983 cpm_8260.h.
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +00001984
stroese1d49b1f2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00001985- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1986 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
1987 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
1988 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1989 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
1990 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
1991 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenk5d232d02003-05-22 22:52:13 +00001992 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
1993 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
1994
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001995Building the Software:
1996======================
1997
1998Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
1999PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2000(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2001NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2002
2003If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2004have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2005with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2006you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2007the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2008change it to:
2009
2010 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2011
2012
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002013U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002014sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2015is done by typing:
2016
2017 make NAME_config
2018
2019where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2020configurations; the following names are supported:
2021
2022 ADCIOP_config GTH_config TQM850L_config
2023 ADS860_config IP860_config TQM855L_config
2024 AR405_config IVML24_config TQM860L_config
2025 CANBT_config IVMS8_config WALNUT405_config
2026 CPCI405_config LANTEC_config cogent_common_config
2027 CPCIISER4_config MBX_config cogent_mpc8260_config
2028 CU824_config MBX860T_config cogent_mpc8xx_config
2029 ESTEEM192E_config RPXlite_config hermes_config
2030 ETX094_config RPXsuper_config hymod_config
2031 FADS823_config SM850_config lwmon_config
2032 FADS850SAR_config SPD823TS_config pcu_e_config
2033 FADS860T_config SXNI855T_config rsdproto_config
2034 FPS850L_config Sandpoint8240_config sbc8260_config
2035 GENIETV_config TQM823L_config PIP405_config
wdenk384ae022002-11-05 00:17:55 +00002036 GEN860T_config EBONY_config FPS860L_config
wdenk7f70e852003-05-20 14:25:27 +00002037 ELPT860_config cmi_mpc5xx_config NETVIA_config
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +00002038 at91rm9200dk_config omap1510inn_config MPC8260ADS_config
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002039 omap1610inn_config ZPC1900_config MPC8540ADS_config
wdenk3bbc8992003-12-07 22:27:15 +00002040 MPC8560ADS_config QS850_config QS823_config
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002041 QS860T_config DUET_ADS_config
wdenk54387ac2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002042
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002043Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2044 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2045 instance, the TQM8xxL systems run normally at 50 MHz and use a
2046 SCC for 10baseT ethernet; there are also systems with 80 MHz
2047 CPU clock, and an optional Fast Ethernet module is available
2048 for CPU's with FEC. You can select such additional "features"
2049 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
2050
2051 make TQM860L_config
2052 - will configure for a plain TQM860L, i. e. 50MHz, no FEC
2053
2054 make TQM860L_FEC_config
2055 - will configure for a TQM860L at 50MHz with FEC for ethernet
2056
2057 make TQM860L_80MHz_config
2058 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz, with normal 10baseT
2059 interface
2060
2061 make TQM860L_FEC_80MHz_config
2062 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz with FEC for ethernet
2063
2064 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2065 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2066
2067 make TQM823L_LCD_80MHz_config
2068 - will configure for a TQM823L at 80 MHz with U-Boot console on LCD
2069
2070 etc.
2071
2072
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002073Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002074images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002075
2076- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2077- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2078- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2079
2080
2081Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2082for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2083native "make".
2084
2085
2086If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2087to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2088steps:
2089
20901. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002091 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2092 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002093 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002094 keep this order.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000020952. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002096 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2097 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
20983. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2099 your board
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000021003. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2101 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000021024. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000021035. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2104 to be installed on your target system.
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000021056. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002106 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2107
2108
2109Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2110==============================================================
2111
2112If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2113or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2114provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2115the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2116official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
2117
2118But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2119cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2120the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2121just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2122for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002123select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002124environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2125MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
2126
2127 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2128
2129or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2130
2131 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2132
2133See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2134
2135
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002136Monitor Commands - Overview:
2137============================
2138
2139go - start application at address 'addr'
2140run - run commands in an environment variable
2141bootm - boot application image from memory
2142bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2143tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2144 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2145 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2146rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2147diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2148loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2149loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2150md - memory display
2151mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2152nm - memory modify (constant address)
2153mw - memory write (fill)
2154cp - memory copy
2155cmp - memory compare
2156crc32 - checksum calculation
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002157imd - i2c memory display
2158imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2159inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2160imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2161icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2162iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2163iloop - infinite loop on address range
2164isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2165sspi - SPI utility commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002166base - print or set address offset
2167printenv- print environment variables
2168setenv - set environment variables
2169saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2170protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2171erase - erase FLASH memory
2172flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2173bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2174iminfo - print header information for application image
2175coninfo - print console devices and informations
2176ide - IDE sub-system
2177loop - infinite loop on address range
2178mtest - simple RAM test
2179icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2180dcache - enable or disable data cache
2181reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2182echo - echo args to console
2183version - print monitor version
2184help - print online help
2185? - alias for 'help'
2186
2187
2188Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2189========================================
2190
2191TODO.
2192
2193For now: just type "help <command>".
2194
2195
2196Environment Variables:
2197======================
2198
2199U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2200can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
2201
2202Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2203"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2204without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2205environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2206working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2207environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
2208
2209Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
2210
2211 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
2212
2213 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
2214
2215 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
2216
2217 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
2218
2219 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
2220
2221 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2222 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2223 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2224 load any image using TFTP
2225
2226 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2227 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2228 be automatically started (by internally calling
2229 "bootm")
2230
wdenk4a6fd342003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002231 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2232 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2233 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2234 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2235 data.
2236
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002237 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2238 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2239 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2240 is usually what you want since it allows for
2241 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2242 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2243 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2244 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2245 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2246 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2247 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
2248
2249 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002250 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002251 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2252 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002253 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002254 12 MB as well - this can be done with
2255
2256 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
2257
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002258 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2259 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2260 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2261 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2262 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2263 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2264 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk38b99262003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002265
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002266 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2267
2268 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002269 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002270
2271 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
2272
2273 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2274
2275 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
2276
2277 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
2278
2279 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
2280
2281
2282The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2283updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2284depending the information provided by your boot server:
2285
2286 bootfile - see above
2287 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
stroesefe389a82003-08-28 14:17:32 +00002288 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002289 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2290 hostname - Target hostname
2291 ipaddr - see above
2292 netmask - Subnet Mask
2293 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2294 serverip - see above
2295
2296
2297There are two special Environment Variables:
2298
2299 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2300 as type string and/or serial number
2301 ethaddr - Ethernet address
2302
2303These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2304the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2305once they have been set once.
2306
2307
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002308Further special Environment Variables:
2309
2310 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2311 with the "version" command. This variable is
2312 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
2313
2314
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002315Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2316only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
2317
2318
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002319Command Line Parsing:
2320=====================
2321
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002322There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2323the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002324
2325Old, simple command line parser:
2326--------------------------------
2327
2328- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2329- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
2330- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax
2331- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2332 for example:
2333 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address)
2334- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2335 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
2336
2337Hush shell:
2338-----------
2339
2340- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2341 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2342 until...do...done, ...
2343- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2344 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2345 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2346 command
2347
2348General rules:
2349--------------
2350
2351(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2352 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2353 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2354 executed anyway.
2355
2356(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2357 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2358 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2359 variables are not executed.
2360
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002361Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2362=======================================
2363
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002364Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002365such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002366"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002367
2368Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2369MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2370"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
2371
2372If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2373in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2374ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2375variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
2376
2377o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2378 environment, the SROM's address is used.
2379
2380o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2381 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2382 used.
2383
2384o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2385 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
2386
2387o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2388 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2389 warning is printed.
2390
2391o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2392 is raised.
2393
2394
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002395Image Formats:
2396==============
2397
2398The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2399can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2400definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2401defines the following image properties:
2402
2403* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2404 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
wdenk7f70e852003-05-20 14:25:27 +00002405 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
wdenk1f4bb372003-07-27 00:21:01 +00002406 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002407* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
wdenk3d1e8a92003-10-16 12:53:35 +00002408 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2409 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
wdenkc29fdfc2003-08-29 20:57:53 +00002410* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002411* Load Address
2412* Entry Point
2413* Image Name
2414* Image Timestamp
2415
2416The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2417and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2418CRC32 checksums.
2419
2420
2421Linux Support:
2422==============
2423
2424Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002425easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002426U-Boot.
2427
2428U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2429special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2430"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2431instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002432serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002433
2434- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2435 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2436 Flash memory footprint)
2437
2438- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002439 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002440
2441- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2442 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2443 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2444 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2445 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2446 software is easier now.
2447
2448
2449Linux HOWTO:
2450============
2451
2452Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2453---------------------------------------
2454
2455U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2456configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2457(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2458Linux :-).
2459
2460But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
2461
2462Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2463include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2464Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2465sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2466U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
2467
2468
2469Configuring the Linux kernel:
2470-----------------------------
2471
2472No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2473device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
2474
2475
2476Building a Linux Image:
2477-----------------------
2478
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002479With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2480not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2481"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2482U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2483which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2484100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002485
2486Example:
2487
2488 make TQM850L_config
2489 make oldconfig
2490 make dep
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002491 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002492
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002493The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002494encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002495CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002496
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002497* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002498
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002499* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
2500
2501 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2502 -R .note -R .comment \
2503 -S vmlinux linux.bin
2504
2505* compress the binary image:
2506
2507 gzip -9 linux.bin
2508
2509* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
2510
2511 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2512 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2513 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
2514
2515
2516The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2517with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2518combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2519byte header containing information about target architecture,
2520operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2521stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
2522
2523"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2524print the header information, or to build new images.
2525
2526In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2527contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002528checksum verification:
2529
2530 tools/mkimage -l image
2531 -l ==> list image header information
2532
2533The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2534from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
2535
2536 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2537 -n name -d data_file image
2538 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2539 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2540 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2541 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2542 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2543 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2544 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2545 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
2546
2547Right now, all Linux kernels use the same load address (0x00000000),
2548but the entry point address depends on the kernel version:
2549
2550- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002551- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002552
2553So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
2554
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002555 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2556 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2557 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2558 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2559 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002560 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2561 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2562 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2563 Load Address: 0x00000000
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002564 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002565
2566To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
2567
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002568 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2569 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002570 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2571 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2572 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2573 Load Address: 0x00000000
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002574 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002575
2576NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2577speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2578needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2579need to be uncompressed:
2580
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002581 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2582 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2583 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2584 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2585 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2586 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002587 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2588 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2589 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2590 Load Address: 0x00000000
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002591 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002592
2593
2594Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2595when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
2596
2597 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2598 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2599 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2600 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2601 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2602 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2603 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2604 Load Address: 0x00000000
2605 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2606
2607
2608Installing a Linux Image:
2609-------------------------
2610
2611To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2612you must convert the image to S-Record format:
2613
2614 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
2615
2616The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2617image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2618address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2619specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2620command.
2621
2622Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2623TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
2624
2625 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
2626
2627 .......... done
2628 Erased 8 sectors
2629
2630 => loads 40100000
2631 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2632 ~>examples/image.srec
2633 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2634 ...
2635 15989 15990 15991 15992
2636 [file transfer complete]
2637 [connected]
2638 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
2639
2640
2641You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2642this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2643corruption happened:
2644
2645 => imi 40100000
2646
2647 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2648 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2649 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2650 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2651 Load Address: 00000000
2652 Entry Point: 0000000c
2653 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2654
2655
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002656Boot Linux:
2657-----------
2658
2659The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2660memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2661of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2662parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2663"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
2664
2665
2666 => printenv bootargs
2667 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
2668
2669 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2670
2671 => printenv bootargs
2672 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2673
2674 => bootm 40020000
2675 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2676 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2677 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2678 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2679 Load Address: 00000000
2680 Entry Point: 0000000c
2681 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2682 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2683 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
2684 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2685 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2686 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2687 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2688 ...
2689
2690If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002691the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002692format!) to the "bootm" command:
2693
2694 => imi 40100000 40200000
2695
2696 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2697 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2698 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2699 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2700 Load Address: 00000000
2701 Entry Point: 0000000c
2702 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2703
2704 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2705 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2706 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2707 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2708 Load Address: 00000000
2709 Entry Point: 00000000
2710 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2711
2712 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2713 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2714 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2715 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2716 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2717 Load Address: 00000000
2718 Entry Point: 0000000c
2719 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2720 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2721 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2722 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2723 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2724 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2725 Load Address: 00000000
2726 Entry Point: 00000000
2727 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2728 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2729 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
2730 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2731 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2732 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2733 ...
2734 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2735 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
2736
2737 bash#
2738
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002739More About U-Boot Image Types:
2740------------------------------
2741
2742U-Boot supports the following image types:
2743
2744 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002745 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2746 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2747 the Standalone Program.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002748 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002749 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2750 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2751 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2752 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002753 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002754 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2755 being started.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002756 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002757 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2758 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2759 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2760 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2761 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002762
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002763 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2764 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2765 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2766 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2767 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2768 a multiple of 4 bytes).
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002769
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002770 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002771 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2772 flash memory.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002773
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002774 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002775 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2776 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2777 as command interpreter.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002778
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002779
2780Standalone HOWTO:
2781=================
2782
2783One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2784run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2785U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
2786
2787Two simple examples are included with the sources:
2788
2789"Hello World" Demo:
2790-------------------
2791
2792'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2793application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2794It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2795like that:
2796
2797 => loads
2798 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2799 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2800 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2801 [file transfer complete]
2802 [connected]
2803 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2804
2805 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2806 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2807 Hello World
2808 argc = 7
2809 argv[0] = "40004"
2810 argv[1] = "Hello"
2811 argv[2] = "World!"
2812 argv[3] = "This"
2813 argv[4] = "is"
2814 argv[5] = "a"
2815 argv[6] = "test."
2816 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2817 Hit any key to exit ...
2818
2819 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2820
2821Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2822handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2823Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2824The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2825character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2826controlled by the following keys:
2827
2828 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2829 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2830 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2831 q - quit application
2832
2833 => loads
2834 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2835 ~>examples/timer.srec
2836 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2837 [file transfer complete]
2838 [connected]
2839 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2840
2841 => go 40004
2842 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2843 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2844 Using timer 1
2845 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
2846
2847Hit 'b':
2848 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2849 Enabling timer
2850Hit '?':
2851 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2852 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2853Hit '?':
2854 [q, b, e, ?] .
2855 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2856Hit '?':
2857 [q, b, e, ?] .
2858 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2859Hit '?':
2860 [q, b, e, ?] .
2861 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2862Hit 'e':
2863 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2864Hit 'q':
2865 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2866
2867
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002868Minicom warning:
2869================
2870
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002871Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002872"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2873consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
2874Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002875especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
2876use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
2877
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00002878Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
2879configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
2880
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002881 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
2882 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
2883 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00002884
2885
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002886NetBSD Notes:
2887=============
2888
2889Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
2890(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
2891
2892Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
2893NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
2894need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
2895Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
2896attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
2897missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
2898
2899 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
2900 # mkdir powerpc
2901 # ln -s powerpc machine
2902 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
2903 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
2904
2905Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
2906and U-Boot include files.
2907
2908Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
2909stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
2910proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
2911tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2912meantime, send mail to bruno@exet-ag.de and/or wd@denx.de for
2913details.
2914
2915
2916Implementation Internals:
2917=========================
2918
2919The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
2920implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
2921inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
2922hardware.
2923
2924
2925Initial Stack, Global Data:
2926---------------------------
2927
2928The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
2929starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
2930system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
2931This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
2932is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
2933at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
2934options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
2935models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
2936MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
2937locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
2938
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002939 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002940 u-boot-users mailing list:
2941
2942 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
2943 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
2944 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
2945 ...
2946
2947 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
2948 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
2949 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
2950 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
2951 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
2952 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
2953 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
2954 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
2955
2956 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
2957 is another option for the system designer to use as an
2958 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
2959 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
2960 board designers haven't used it for something that would
2961 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
2962 used.
2963
2964 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
2965 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
2966 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
2967 Walnut405.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
2968 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
2969 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
2970 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
2971 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
2972 you get the config right.
2973
2974 -Chris Hallinan
2975 DS4.COM, Inc.
2976
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002977It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
2978code for the initialization procedures:
2979
2980* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
2981 to write it.
2982
2983* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
2984 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002985 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002986
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002987* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002988 that.
2989
2990Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
2991normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
2992turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
2993simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
2994functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
2995functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
2996the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
2997place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
2998reserve for this purpose.
2999
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00003000When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003001relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3002GCC's implementation.
3003
3004For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3005 R1: stack pointer
3006 R2: TOC pointer
3007 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +00003008 R5-R10: parameter passing
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003009 R13: small data area pointer
3010 R30: GOT pointer
3011 R31: frame pointer
3012
3013 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3014
3015 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
3016
3017 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3018 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3019 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3020 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3021 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3022 624 text + 127 data).
3023
3024On ARM, the following registers are used:
3025
3026 R0: function argument word/integer result
3027 R1-R3: function argument word
3028 R9: GOT pointer
3029 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3030 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3031 R12: temporary workspace
3032 R13: stack pointer
3033 R14: link register
3034 R15: program counter
3035
3036 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3037
3038
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003039Memory Management:
3040------------------
3041
3042U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3043MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3044
3045The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3046controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3047memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3048physical memory banks.
3049
3050U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3051TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3052booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3053to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3054memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3055configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3056Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3057
3058Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3059of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3060
3061So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3062this:
3063
3064 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3065 :
3066 0x0000 1FFF
3067 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3068 :
3069 :
3070
3071 :
3072 :
3073 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3074 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3075 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3076 :
3077 0x00FD FFFF
3078 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3079 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3080 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3081 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3082
3083
3084System Initialization:
3085----------------------
3086
3087In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3088(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3089configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00003090To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003091To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3092initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3093which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3094part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3095the caches and the SIU.
3096
3097Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3098preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3099(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3100on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3101programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3102simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3103banks.
3104
3105When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00003106different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003107bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
31080x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3109contiguous memory starting from 0.
3110
3111Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3112and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3113Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3114pages, and the final stack is set up.
3115
3116Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3117until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3118running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3119new address in RAM.
3120
3121
3122U-Boot Porting Guide:
3123----------------------
3124
3125[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003126list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003127
3128
3129int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3130{
3131 sighandler_t no_more_time;
3132
3133 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3134 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
3135
3136 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3137 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3138 return 0;
3139 }
3140
3141 Download latest U-Boot source;
3142
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003143 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3144
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003145 if (clueless) {
3146 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3147 }
3148
3149 while (learning) {
3150 Read the README file in the top level directory;
wdenk7cb22f92003-12-27 19:24:54 +00003151 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003152 Read the source, Luke;
3153 }
3154
3155 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3156 Buy a BDI2000;
3157 } else {
3158 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3159 }
3160
3161 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3162
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003163 Create your own board config file;
3164
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003165 while (!running) {
3166 do {
3167 Add / modify source code;
3168 } until (compiles);
3169 Debug;
3170 if (clueless)
3171 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3172 }
3173 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3174
3175 return 0;
3176}
3177
3178void no_more_time (int sig)
3179{
3180 hire_a_guru();
3181}
3182
3183
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003184Coding Standards:
3185-----------------
3186
3187All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3188coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
3189kernel source directory.
3190
3191Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
3192in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
3193comments (//) in your code.
3194
wdenkc178d3d2004-01-24 20:25:54 +00003195Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
wdenk180d3f72004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003196- remove any trailing white space
3197- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3198- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3199- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3200- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
3201
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003202Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3203with a request to reformat the changes.
3204
3205
3206Submitting Patches:
3207-------------------
3208
3209Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3210establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3211may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
3212
3213
3214When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3215it:
3216
3217* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3218 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3219 patch actually fixes something.
3220
3221* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3222 implementation.
3223
3224* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
3225
3226* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
3227
3228* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3229 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
3230
3231* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3232 document these in the README file.
3233
3234* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3235 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3236 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3237 version of GNU diff.
3238
wdenk6dff5522003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003239 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3240 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3241 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3242 directory information for the affected files).
3243
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003244 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3245 gzipped text.
3246
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003247* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3248 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
3249
3250* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3251 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003252
wdenk52f52c12003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003253
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003254Notes:
3255
3256* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3257 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3258 for any of the boards.
3259
3260* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3261 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3262 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
3263
3264* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3265 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3266 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3267 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3268 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3269 modification.