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wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001======================================================================
wdenk4532cb62003-04-27 22:52:51 +00002Changes since U-Boot 0.3.1:
3======================================================================
4
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +00005* Patch by Mathijs Haarman, 08 May 2003:
6 Add lan91c96 driver (tested on Lubbock and custom PXA250 board only)
7
wdenk9c62cc52003-05-03 23:33:47 +00008* Fix problem with usage of "true" (undefined in current versions of bfd.h)
9
wdenk7aa78612003-05-03 15:50:43 +000010* Add support for Promess ATC board
11
12* Patch by Keith Outwater, 28 Apr 2003:
13 - Miscellaneous corrections and additions to GEN860T board specific code.
14 - Added GEN860_SC variant to GEN860T.
15 - Miscellaneous corrections to GEN860T documentation.
16 - Correct duplicate entry in U-Boot CREDITS file.
17 - Add GEN860T_SC entry in MAINTAINERS file.
18 - Update CREDITS file with GEN860T_SC info.
19
20* Update Smiths Aerospace addresses in MAINTAINERS file
21
22* Fix error handling in hush's version of "run" command
23
wdenk4532cb62003-04-27 22:52:51 +000024* LWMON extensions:
25 - Splashscreen support
26 - modem support
27 - sysmon support
28 - temperature dependend enabling of LCD
29
30* Allow booting from old "PPCBoot" disk partitions
31
32* Add support for TQM8255 Board / MPC8255 CPU
33
34======================================================================
wdenk02c9bed2003-04-20 17:41:25 +000035Changes for U-Boot 0.3.1:
wdenkd126bfb2003-04-10 11:18:18 +000036======================================================================
37
wdenkd791b1d2003-04-20 14:04:18 +000038* Make sure Block Lock Bits get cleared in R360MPI flash driver
39
40* MPC823 LCD driver: Fill color map backwards, to allow for steady
41 display when Linux takes over
42
43* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
44 Add support for RTEMS (this time for real).
45
46* Add support for "bmp info" and "bmp display" commands to load
47 bitmap images; this can be used (for example in a "preboot"
48 command) to display a splash screen very quickly after poweron.
49
50* Add support for 133 MHz clock on INCA-IP board
51
wdenk4a6fd342003-04-12 23:38:12 +000052* Patch by Lutz Dennig, 10 Apr 2003:
53 Update for R360MPI board
54
55* Add new meaning to "autostart" environment variable:
56 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
57 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
58 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
59 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
60 data.
61
stroese69f8f8272003-04-10 13:30:28 +000062* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Apr 2003:
wdenk4a6fd342003-04-12 23:38:12 +000063 Changed DHCP client to use IP address from server option field #54
64 from the OFFER packet in the server option field #54 in the REQUEST
65 packet. This fixes a problem using a Windows 2000 DHCP server,
66 where the DHCP-server is not the TFTP-server.
67
68* Set max brightness for MN11236 displays on TRAB board
stroese69f8f8272003-04-10 13:30:28 +000069
wdenkd126bfb2003-04-10 11:18:18 +000070* Add support for TQM862L modules
71
72======================================================================
wdenk60fbe252003-04-08 23:25:21 +000073Changes for U-Boot 0.3.0:
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +000074======================================================================
75
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +000076* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 4 Apr 2003:
77 Add IDMA example code (tested on 8260 only)
78
79* Add support for Purple Board (MIPS64 5Kc)
80
81* Add support for MIPS64 5Kc CPUs
82
83* Fix missing setting of "loadaddr" and "bootfile" on ARM and MIPS
84
85* Patch by Denis Peter, 04 Apr 2003:
86 - update MIP405-4 board
87
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +000088* Patch by Stefan Roese, 4 Apr 2003:
89 - U-Boot version environment variable "ver" added
90 (CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
91 - Changed PPC405GPr version from A to B.
92 - Changed CPCI405 to use CTS instead of DSR on PPC405 UART1.
93
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +000094* Patches by Denis Peter, 03 April 2003:
95 - fix PCI IRQs on MPL boards
96 - fix two more un-relocated pointer problems
97
98* Fix behaviour of "run" command:
99 - print error message iv variable does not exist
100 - terminate processing of arguments in case of error
101
102* Patches by Peter Figuli, 10 Mar 2003
103 - Add support for BTUART on PXA platform
104 - Add support for WEP EP250 (PXA) board
105
106* Fix flash problems on INCA-IP; add tool to allow bruning images to
107 flash using a BDI2000
108
109* Implement fix for I2C Edge Conditions problem for all boards that
110 use the bit-banging driver (common/soft_i2c.c)
111
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000112* Patch by Martin Winistoerfer, 23 Mar 2003
113 - Add port to MPC555/556 microcontrollers
114 - Add support for cmi customer board with
115 Intel 28F128J3A, 28F320J3A or 28F640J3A flash.
116
117* Patch by Rick Bronson, 28 Mar 2003:
118 - fix common/cmd_nand.c
119
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +0000120* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 24 Mar 2003:
121 - add threads / scheduler example code
122
123* Add patches by Robert Schwebel, 31 Mar 2003:
124 - add ctrl-c support for kermit download
125 - align bdinfo output on ARM
wdenk3e386912003-04-05 00:53:31 +0000126 - csb226 board: bring in sync with innokom/memsetup.S
127 - csb226 board: fix MDREFR handling
128 - misc doc fixes / extensions
129 - innokom board: cleanup, MDREFR fix in memsetup.S, config update
130 - add BOOT_PROGRESS to armlinux.c
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +0000131
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +0000132* Add CPU ID, version, and clock speed for INCA-IP
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +0000133
wdenk506f0442003-03-28 14:40:36 +0000134* Patches by Dave Ellis, 18 Mar 2003 for SXNI855T board:
135 - fix SRAM and SDRAM memory sizing
136 - add status LED support
137 - add MAC address for second (SCC1) ethernet port
138
139* Update default environment for TQM8260 board
140
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +0000141* Patch by Rick Bronson, 16 Mar 2003:
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000142 - Add NAND flash support for reading, writing, and erasing NAND
143 flash (certain forms of which are called SmartMedia).
144 - Add support for Atmel AT91RM9200DK ARM920T based development kit.
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +0000145
146* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 19 Mar 2003:
147 - use arm-linux-gcc as default compiler for ARM
148 - fix i2c fixup code
149 - fix missing baudrate setting
150 - added $loadaddr / CFG_LOAD_ADDR support to loadb
151 - moved "ignoring trailing characters" _before_ u-boot wants to
152 print out diagnostics messages; removes bogus characters at the
153 end of transmission
154
155* Patch by John Zhan, 18 Mar 2003:
156 Add support for SinoVee Microsystems SC8xx boards
157
158* Patch by Rolf Offermanns, 21 Mar 2003:
159 ported the dnp1110 related changes from the current armboot cvs to
160 current u-boot cvs. smc91111 does not work. problem marked in
161 smc91111.c, grep for "FIXME".
162
163* Patch by Brian Auld, 25 Mar 2003:
164 Add support for STM flash chips on ebony board
165
wdenk4d75a502003-03-25 16:50:56 +0000166* Add PCI support for MPC8250 Boards (PM825 module)
167
stroese44e5c5c2003-03-25 14:44:48 +0000168* Patch by Stefan Roese, 25 Mar 2003:
169 - PCI405 update.
170
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000171* Patch by Stefan Roese, 20 Mar 2003:
172 - CPCI4052 update (support for revision 3).
173 - Set edge conditioning circuitry on PPC405GPr for compatibility
174 to existing PPC405GP designs.
175 - Clip udiv to 5 bits on PPC405 (serial.c).
176
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000177* Extend INCAIP board support:
178 - add automatic RAM size detection
179 - add "bdinfo" command
180 - pass flash address and size to Linux kernel
181 - switch to 150 MHz clock
182
wdenk06d01db2003-03-14 20:47:52 +0000183* Avoid flicker on the TRAB's VFD by synchronizing the enable with
184 the HSYNC/VSYNC. Requires new CPLD code (Version 101 for Rev. 100
185 boards, version 153 for Rev. 200 boards).
186
187* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 12 Mar 2003:
188 Fix relocation problem of statically initialized string pointers
189 in common/cmd_pci.c
190
191* Patch by Kai-Uwe Blöm, 12 Mar 2003:
192 Cleanup & bug fixes for JFFS2 code:
193 - the memory mangement was broken. It caused havoc on malloc by
194 writing beyond the block boundaries.
195 - the length calculation for files was wrong, sometimes resulting
196 in short file reads.
197 - data copying now optionally takes fragment version numbers into
198 account, to avoid copying from older data.
199 See doc/README.JFFS2 for details.
200
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000201* Patch by Josef Wagner, 12 Mar 2003:
202 - 16/32 MB and 50/80 MHz support with auto-detection for IP860
203 - ETH05 and BEDBUG support for CU824
204 - added support for MicroSys CPC45
205 - new BOOTROM/FLASH0 and DOC base for PM826
206
207* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 12 Mar 2003:
208 Fix the chpart command on innokom board
209
210* Name cleanup:
211 mv include/asm-i386/ppcboot-i386.h include/asm-i386/u-boot-i386.h
212 s/PPCBoot/U-Boot/ in some files
213 s/pImage/uImage/ in some files
214
215* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 15 Jan 2003:
216 Fix '' command line quoting
217
218* Patch by The LEOX team, 19 Jan 2003:
219 - add support for the ELPT860 board
220 - add support for Dallas ds164x RTC
221
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000222* Patches by David Müller, 31 Jan 2003:
223 - minimal setup for CardBus bridges
224 - add EEPROM read/write support in the CS8900 driver
225 - add support for the builtin I2C controller in the Samsung s3c24x0 chips
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000226 - add support for MPL's VCMA9 (Samsung s3c2410 based) board
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000227
228* Patch by Steven Scholz, 04 Feb 2003:
229 add support for RTC DS1307
230
231* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 5 Feb 2003:
232 fix PLPRCR/SCCR init sequence on 8xx to allow for
233 changes of EBDF by software
234
235* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 07 Feb 2003:
236 "API-compatibility patch" for 4xx I2C driver
237
238* TRAB fixes / extensions:
239 - Restore VFD brightness as saved in environment
240 - add support for FGujitsu flashes
241 - make sure both buzzers are turned off (drive low level)
242
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +0000243* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 06 Mar 2003:
244 - fix bug in BOOTP code (must use NetCopyIP)
245 - update of CSB226 port
246 - clear BSS segment on XScale
247 - added support for i2c_init_board() function
248 - update to the Innokom plattform
249
250* Extend support for redundand environments for configurations where
251 environment size < sector size
252
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000253* Patch by Rune Torgersen, 13 Feb 2003:
254 Add support for Motorola MPC8266ADS board
255
256* Patch by Kyle Harris, 19 Feb 2003:
257 patches for the Intel lubbock board:
258 memsetup.S - general cleanup (based on Robert's csb226 code)
259 flash.c - overhaul, actually works now
260 lubbock.c - fix init funcs to return proper value
261
262* Patch by Kenneth Johansson, 26 Feb 2003:
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000263 - Fixed off by one in RFTA calculation.
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000264 - No need to abort when LDF is lower than we can program it's only
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000265 minimum timing so clamp it to what we can do.
wdenkdb2f721f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000266 - Takes function pointer to function for reading the spd_nvram. Usefull
267 for faking data or hardcode a module without the nvram.
268 - fix other user for above change
269 - fix some comments.
270
271* Patches by Brian Waite, 26 Feb 2003:
272 - fix port for evb64260 board
273 - fix PCI for evb64260 board
274 - fix PCI scan
275
276* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 1 Mar 2003:
277 Add support for EMK TOP860 Module
278
279* Patch by Yuli Barcohen, 02 Mar 2003:
280 Add SPD EEPROM support for MPC8260ADS board
281
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000282* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 21 Jan 2003:
283 - Add support for Innokom board
284 - Don't complain if "install" fails
285 - README cleanup (remove duplicated lines)
286 - Update PXA header files
287
288* Add documentation for existing POST code (doc/README.POST)
289
290* Patch by Laudney Ren, 15 Jan 2003:
291 Fix handling of redundand environment in "tools/envcrc.c"
292
293* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 28 Feb 2003:
294 Add bedbug support for 824x systems
295
296* Add support for 16 MB flash configuration of TRAB board
297
298* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
299 Add support for RTEMS
300
301* Add image information to README
302
stroese2a9e02e2003-02-18 11:30:24 +0000303* Patch by Stefan Roese, 18 Feb 2003:
304 CPCIISER4 configuration updated.
305
stroesed7787c62003-02-17 16:06:06 +0000306* Patch by Stefan Roese, 17 Feb 2003:
307 Fixed bug in ext. serial clock setup on PPC405 (since PPC440 port).
308
stroesead10dd92003-02-14 11:21:23 +0000309* Patch by Stefan Roese, 13 Feb 2003:
310 Add "pcidelay" environment variable (in ms, enabled via
311 CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY).
312 PCI spec 2.2 defines, that a pci target has 2^25 pci clocks after
313 RST# to respond to configuration cycles (33MHz -> 1s).
314
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000315* Fix dual PCMCIA slot support (when running with just one
316 slot populated)
317
318* Add VFD type detection to trab board
319
320* extend drivers/cs8900.c driver to synchronize ethaddr environment
321 variable with value in the EEPROM
322
stroeseee1b3b52003-02-10 16:39:00 +0000323* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Feb 2003:
324 Add support for 4MB and 128MB onboard SDRAM (cpu/ppc4xx/sdram.c)
325
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000326* Add support for MIPS32 4Kc CPUs
327
328* Add support for INCA-IP Board
329
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000330======================================================================
331Changes for U-Boot 0.2.2:
332======================================================================
333
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +0000334* Add dual ethernet support on PM826
335
336* Add support for LXT971 PHY on PM826
337
338* Patch by Tord Andersson, 16 Jan 2003:
339 Fix flash sector count for TQM8xxL
340
341* Fix I2C EEPROM problem on ICU862 board (would only write the first
342 16 bytes out of each 32 byte block)
343
344======================================================================
345Changes for U-Boot 0.2.1:
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000346======================================================================
347
wdenk608c9142003-01-13 23:54:46 +0000348* Add support for V37 board
349 (patch by Jón Benediktsson, 11 Dec 2002)
350
wdenkd0fb80c2003-01-11 09:48:40 +0000351* Update baudrate in bd_info when it gets changed
352
353* Add watchdog trigger points while waiting for serial port
354 (so far only 8xx -- needed on LWMON with 100ms watchdog)
355
356* Improve command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
357 (figuration of the utility, using a config file)
358
wdenka25f8622003-01-02 23:57:29 +0000359* Add single quote support for (old) command line parser
360
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000361* Switch LWMON board default config from FRAM to EEPROM;
362 in POST, EEPROM shows up on 8 addresses
363
364======================================================================
wdenk2f91a3d2002-12-17 18:07:30 +0000365Changes for U-Boot 0.2.0:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000366======================================================================
367
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +0000368* Use 1-byte-read instead of -write for iprobe() function
369 Add i2c commands to PM826 config
370
371* extend I2C POST code: check for list on known addresses
372
wdenk228f29a2002-12-08 09:53:23 +0000373* Improve log buffer code; use "loglevel" to decide which messages
374 to log on the console, too (like in Linux); get rid of "logstart"
375
376* Add command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
377 (board-specific for TRAB now, to be fixed later)
378
wdenk7c7a23b2002-12-07 00:20:59 +0000379* Patch by Hans-Joerg Frieden, 06 Dec 2002
380 Fix misc problems with AmigaOne support
381
382* Patch by Chris Hallinan, 3 Dec 2002:
383 minor cleanup to the MPC8245 EPIC driver
384
385* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
386 Add support for external (SIU) interrupts on MPC8xx
387
388* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
389 Fix nested syscalls bug in standalone applications
390
391* Patch by David Müller, 27 Nov 2002:
392 fix output of "pciinfo" command for CardBus bridge devices.
393
394* Fix bug in TQM8260 board detection - boards got stuck when board ID
395 was not readable
396
wdenk1f53a412002-12-04 23:39:58 +0000397* Add LED indication for IDE activity on KUP4K board
398
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000399* Fix startup problems with VFD display on TRAB
400
401* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 20 Nov 2002
402 Add driver for Epson SED13806 graphic controller.
403 Add support for BMP logos in cfb_console driver.
404
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +0000405* Added support for both PCMCIA slots (at the same time!) on MPC8xx
406
407* Patch by Rod Boyce, 21 Nov 2002:
408 fix PCMCIA on MBX8xx board
409
410* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 21 Nov 2002
411 Add CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR to make the offset of the
412 bootmode word in DPRAM configurable
413
wdenkb2184c32002-11-19 23:01:07 +0000414* Patch by Daniel Engström, 18 Nov 2002:
415 Fixes for x86 port (mostly strings issues)
416
417* Patch by Ken Chou, 18 Nov 2002:
418 Fix for natsemi NIC cards (DP83815)
419
420* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 19 Nov 2002:
421 fix a bug for the MII configuration, and some warnings
422
wdenkc7de8292002-11-19 11:04:11 +0000423* Patch by Thomas Frieden, 13 Nov 2002:
424 Add code for AmigaOne board
425 (preliminary merge to U-Boot, still WIP)
426
427* Patch by Jon Diekema, 12 Nov 2002:
428 - Adding URL for IEEE OUI lookup
429 - Making the autoboot #defines dependent on CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
430 being defined.
431 - In the CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS #define, the root-on-initrd and
432 root-on-nfs macros are designed to switch how the default boot
433 method gets defined.
434
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000435* Patch by Daniel Engström, 13 Nov 2002:
436 Add support for i386 architecture and AMD SC520 board
437
438* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 12 Nov 2002:
439 Add support for DOS filesystem and booting from DOS floppy disk
440
wdenk1d0350e2002-11-11 21:14:20 +0000441* Patch by Jim Sandoz, 07 Nov 2002:
442 Increase number of network RX buffers (PKTBUFSRX in
443 "include/net.h") for EEPRO100 based boards (especially SP8240)
444 which showed "Receiver is not ready" errors when U-Boot was
445 processing the receive buffers slower than the network controller
446 was filling them.
447
wdenkeb9401e2002-11-11 02:11:37 +0000448* Patch by Andreas Oberritter, 09 Nov 2002:
449 Change behaviour of NetLoop(): return -1 for errors, filesize
450 otherwise; return code 0 is valid an means no file loaded - in this
451 case the environment still gets updated!
452
453* Patches by Jon Diekema, 9 Nov 2002:
454 - improve ADC/DAC clocking on the SACSng board to align
455 the failing edges of LRCLK and SCLK
456 - sbc8260 configuration tweaks
457 - add status LED support for 82xx systems
458 - wire sspi/sspo commands into command handler; improved error
459 handlering
460 - add timestamp support and alternate memory test to the
461 SACSng configuration
462
463* Patch by Vince Husovsky, 7 Nov 2002:
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000464 Add "-n" to linker options to get rid of "Not enough room for
465 program headers" problem
466
467* Patch by David Müller, 05 Nov 2002
468 Rename CONFIG_PLL_INPUT_FREQ to CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
469 so we can use an already existing name
470
471* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
472 Hardware relatied improvments in FDC boot code
473
474* Patch by Holger Schurig, 5 Nov 2002:
475 Make the PXA really change it's frequency
476
477* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
478 Add support for slave serial Spartan 2 FPGAs
479
480* Fix uninitialized memory (MAC address) in 8xx SCC/FEC ethernet
481 drivers
482
wdenk56f94be2002-11-05 16:35:14 +0000483* Add support for log buffer which can be passed to Linux kernel's
484 syslog mechanism; used especially for POST results.
485
486* Patch by Klaus Heydeck, 31 Oct 2002:
487 Add initial support for kup4k board
488
wdenk384ae022002-11-05 00:17:55 +0000489* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 04 Nov 2002:
490 - use watchdog to reset PXA250 systems
491 - added progress callbacks to (some of the) ARM code
492 - update for Cogent CSB226 board
493
494* Add support for FPS860 board
495
wdenke95b61c2002-11-04 16:02:40 +0000496* Patch by Guillaume Alexandre,, 04 Nov 2002:
497 Improve PCI access on 32-bits Compact PCI bus
498
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000499* Fix mdelay() on TRAB - this was still the debugging version with
500 seconds instead of ms.
501
502* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 1 Nov 2002:
503 XScale related cleanup (affects all ARM boards)
504
505* Cleanup of names and README.
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000506
507======================================================================
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000508Notes for U-Boot 0.1.0:
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000509======================================================================
510
511This is the initial version of "Das U-Boot", the Universal Boot Loader.
512
513It is based on version 2.0.0 (the "Halloween Release") of PPCBoot.
514For information about the history of the project please see the
515PPCBoot project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot
516
517======================================================================