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Tom Rini83d290c2018-05-06 17:58:06 -04001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002#
Wolfgang Denkeca3aeb2013-06-21 10:22:36 +02003# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00005
6Summary:
7========
8
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00009This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenke86e5a02004-10-17 21:12:06 +000010Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
13code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000014
15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000016the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000018support booting of Linux images.
19
20Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25load and run it dynamically.
26
27
28Status:
29=======
30
Heinrich Schuchardt0c4759f2023-01-25 19:14:59 +010031In general, all boards for which a default configuration file exists in the
32configs/ directory have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000033"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
34
Heinrich Schuchardt0c4759f2023-01-25 19:14:59 +010035In case of problems you can use
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000036
Heinrich Schuchardt0c4759f2023-01-25 19:14:59 +010037 scripts/get_maintainer.pl <path>
Robert P. J. Dayadb9d852012-11-14 02:03:20 +000038
Heinrich Schuchardt0c4759f2023-01-25 19:14:59 +010039to identify the people or companies responsible for various boards and
40subsystems. Or have a look at the git log.
Robert P. J. Dayadb9d852012-11-14 02:03:20 +000041
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000042
43Where to get help:
44==================
45
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000046In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
Robert P. J. Day7207b362015-12-19 07:16:10 -050047U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
Peter Tyser0c325652008-09-10 09:18:34 -050048<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
49on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
Naoki Hayama6681bbb2020-10-08 13:16:18 +090050Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
51https://marc.info/?l=u-boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000052
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +010053Where to get source code:
54=========================
55
Robert P. J. Day7207b362015-12-19 07:16:10 -050056The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
Heinrich Schuchardta3bbd0b2021-02-24 13:19:04 +010057https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
58https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +010059
Naoki Hayamac4bd51e2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090060The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +020061any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
Naoki Hayamac4bd51e2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090062available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP.
63https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
64ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +010065
66
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000067Where we come from:
68===================
69
70- start from 8xxrom sources
Naoki Hayama047f6ec2020-10-08 13:17:16 +090071- create PPCBoot project (https://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
Simon Glass9e5616d2019-08-01 09:47:14 -060079 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
Naoki Hayama047f6ec2020-10-08 13:17:16 +090080- create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000081- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
Naoki Hayama047f6ec2020-10-08 13:17:16 +090082- create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
83- current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000084
85
86Names and Spelling:
87===================
88
89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
91in source files etc.). Example:
92
93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
94
95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
96
97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
98
99 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
100
101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
103
104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000106
107
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000108Software Configuration:
109=======================
110
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000111Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
112---------------------------------------------------
113
114For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200115configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000116
117Example: For a TQM823L module type:
118
119 cd u-boot
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200120 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000121
Robert P. J. Day7207b362015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500122Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
123you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
124doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000125
Simon Glass75b3c3a2014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600126Sandbox Environment:
127--------------------
128
129U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
130board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
131specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
132run some of U-Boot's tests.
133
Heinrich Schuchardtcf69dc72023-01-25 19:14:56 +0100134See doc/arch/sandbox/sandbox.rst for more details.
Simon Glass75b3c3a2014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600135
136
Simon Glassdb910352015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700137Board Initialisation Flow:
138--------------------------
139
140This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
Robert P. J. Day7207b362015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500141SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
Simon Glassdb910352015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700142
Robert P. J. Day7207b362015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500143Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
144more detail later in this file.
145
146At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
147and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
148may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
149CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
150
151Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
152CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
153
154 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
155 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
156 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
157
158and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
159limitations of each of these functions are described below.
Simon Glassdb910352015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700160
161lowlevel_init():
162 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
163 - no global_data or BSS
164 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
165 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
166 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
167 board_init_f()
168 - this is almost never needed
169 - return normally from this function
170
171board_init_f():
172 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
173 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
174 - global_data is available
175 - stack is in SRAM
176 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
177 only stack variables and global_data
178
179 Non-SPL-specific notes:
180 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
181 can do nothing
182
183 SPL-specific notes:
184 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
185 version as needed.
186 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
187 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
Naoki Hayama499696e2020-09-24 15:57:19 +0900188 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
Andreas Dannenberg14254652019-08-08 12:54:49 -0500189 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
190 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
191 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
192 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
193 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
194 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
195 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
Simon Glassdb910352015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700196 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
197 directly)
198
199Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
200this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
201CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
202memory.
203
204board_init_r():
205 - purpose: main execution, common code
206 - global_data is available
207 - SDRAM is available
208 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
209 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
210
211 Non-SPL-specific notes:
212 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
213 there.
214
215 SPL-specific notes:
216 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
Ashish Kumar63b23162017-08-11 11:09:14 +0530217 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
218
219 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
220 CCN-400
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000221
Ashish Kumarc055cee2017-08-18 10:54:36 +0530222 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
223
224 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
225
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000226The following options need to be configured:
227
Kim Phillips26281142007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500228- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000229
Kim Phillips26281142007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500230- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk6ccec442006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200231
Kumar Gala66412c62011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600232- 85xx CPU Options:
York Sunffd06e02012-10-08 07:44:30 +0000233 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
234
235 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
236 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
237 compliance, among other possible reasons.
238
Scott Wood33eee332012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000239 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
240
241 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
242 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
Tom Rini6cc04542022-10-28 20:27:13 -0400243 CFG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
Scott Wood33eee332012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000244
245 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
246 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
247
248 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
249 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
250
251 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
252 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
253 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
254 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
255
256 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
257 this erratum.
258
Tom Rini6cc04542022-10-28 20:27:13 -0400259 CFG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
Scott Wood33eee332012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000260
261 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
262 according to the A004510 workaround.
263
Priyanka Jainb1359912013-12-17 14:25:52 +0530264 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
265 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
266 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
267 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
268
Daniel Schwierzeck6cb461b2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000269- Generic CPU options:
Daniel Schwierzeck6cb461b2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000270
York Sun5614e712013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700271 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
272 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
Tom Rini1c588572021-05-14 21:34:26 -0400273 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
York Sun5614e712013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700274
Tom Rini6cc04542022-10-28 20:27:13 -0400275 CFG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
York Sun5614e712013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700276 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
277
Prabhakar Kushwaha1c407072017-02-02 15:01:26 +0530278 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
279 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
280
Prabhakar Kushwahaadd63f92017-02-02 15:02:00 +0530281 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
282 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
283
Tom Rini6cc04542022-10-28 20:27:13 -0400284 CFG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
York Sun6b9e3092014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800285 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500286 same as CFG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
York Sun6b9e3092014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800287 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
288
Christian Rieschb67d8812012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000289- ARM options:
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500290 CFG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
Christian Rieschb67d8812012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000291
292 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
293 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
294
York Sun207774b2015-03-20 19:28:08 -0700295 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
296 Generic timer clock source frequency.
297
298 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
299 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
300 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
301 at run time.
302
wdenk5da627a2003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000303- Linux Kernel Interface:
Gerald Van Barenfec6d9e2008-06-03 20:34:45 -0400304 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
Wolfgang Denkf57f70a2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200305
306 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Baren213bf8c2007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400307 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
308 concepts).
309
310 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
311 * New libfdt-based support
312 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips3bb342f2007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500313 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Baren213bf8c2007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400314
Wolfgang Denkf57f70a2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200315 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
316
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200317 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
318 addresses
Kim Phillips3bb342f2007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500319
Heiko Schocher3887c3f2009-09-23 07:56:08 +0200320 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
321
322 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
323 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
324 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
325 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
326 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
327 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
328
Niklaus Giger0b2f4ec2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100329- vxWorks boot parameters:
330
331 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
Bin Meng9e98b7e2015-10-07 20:19:17 -0700332 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
333 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
Niklaus Giger0b2f4ec2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100334 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
335
Naoki Hayama81a05d92020-10-08 13:17:08 +0900336 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
Niklaus Giger0b2f4ec2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100337 the defaults discussed just above.
338
Aneesh V93bc2192011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000339- Cache Configuration for ARM:
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500340 CFG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
Aneesh V93bc2192011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000341 controller register space
342
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000343- Serial Ports:
Tom Rinif410d0a2022-12-04 10:13:30 -0500344 CFG_PL011_CLOCK
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000345
346 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
347 the clock speed of the UARTs.
348
Tom Rinib8615742022-12-04 10:13:31 -0500349 CFG_PL01x_PORTS
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000350
351 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
352 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
353 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
354
Karicheri, Muralidharand57dee52014-04-09 15:38:46 -0400355 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
356
357 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
358 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
wdenk6705d812004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000359
Simon Glass302a6482016-03-13 19:07:28 -0600360- Removal of commands
361 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
362 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
363 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
364 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
365 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
366 simple boot procedures.
367
Wolfgang Denka5ecbe62013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000368- Regular expression support:
369 CONFIG_REGEX
Wolfgang Denk93e14592013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200370 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
371 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
372 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
373 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Wolfgang Denka5ecbe62013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000374
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000375- Watchdog:
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500376 CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
Rasmus Villemoes933ada52021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200377 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
378 from the timer interrupt handler every
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500379 CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
Rasmus Villemoes933ada52021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200380 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500381 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
Rasmus Villemoes933ada52021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200382 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
383 interrupt.
384
Peter Tysere92739d2008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600385- GPIO Support:
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500386 The CFG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
Chris Packham5dec49c2010-12-19 10:12:13 +0000387 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
388 pins supported by a particular chip.
389
Peter Tysere92739d2008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600390 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
391 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
392
Simon Glassaa532332014-06-11 23:29:41 -0600393- I/O tracing:
394 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
395 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
396 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
397 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
398 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
399 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
400 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
401 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
402
403 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
404 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
405 still continue to operate.
406
407 iotrace is enabled
408 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
409 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
410 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
411 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
412 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
413 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
414
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000415- Timestamp Support:
416
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000417 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
418 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
419 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeliger602ad3b2007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500420 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000421
Karl O. Pinc923c46f2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000422- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
423 Zero or more of the following:
424 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
Karl O. Pinc923c46f2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000425 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
426 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
427 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
428 disk/part_efi.c
Simon Glassc649e3c2016-05-01 11:36:02 -0600429 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
Karl O. Pinc923c46f2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000430 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000431
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000432- NETWORK Support (PCI):
Kyle Moffettce5207e2011-10-18 11:05:29 +0000433 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
434 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
435 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
436 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
437
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000438 CONFIG_NATSEMI
439 Support for National dp83815 chips.
440
441 CONFIG_NS8382X
442 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
443
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000444- NETWORK Support (other):
Rob Herringefdd7312011-12-15 11:15:49 +0000445 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
446 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
447
Ashok3bb46d22012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000448 CONFIG_LAN91C96
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000449 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
450
wdenk45219c42003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000451 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
452 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
453
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500454 CFG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
Heiko Schocherdc02bad2011-11-15 10:00:04 -0500455 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
456
Macpaul Linb3dbf4a52010-12-21 16:59:46 +0800457 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
458 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
459
460 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
461 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
462 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
463 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
464 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
465 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
466 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
467 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
468
Yoshihiro Shimoda3d0075f2011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900469 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
470 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
471
Tom Rini97148cb2022-12-04 10:13:52 -0500472 CFG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
Yoshihiro Shimoda3d0075f2011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900473 Define the number of ports to be used
474
Tom Rini7c480ba2022-12-04 10:13:50 -0500475 CFG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
Yoshihiro Shimoda3d0075f2011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900476 Define the ETH PHY's address
477
Tom Riniff53ecc2022-12-04 10:13:49 -0500478 CFG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
Yoshihiro Shimoda68260aa2011-01-27 10:06:08 +0900479 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
480
Vadim Bendebury5e124722011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000481- TPM Support:
Che-liang Chiou90899cc2013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000482 CONFIG_TPM
483 Support TPM devices.
484
Christophe Ricard0766ad22015-10-06 22:54:41 +0200485 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
486 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
Tom Wai-Hong Tam1b393db2013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000487 per system is supported at this time.
488
Tom Wai-Hong Tam1b393db2013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000489 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
490 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
491
Christophe Ricard3aa74082016-01-21 23:27:13 +0100492 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
493 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
494
495 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
496 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
497 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
498
Christophe Ricardb75fdc12016-01-21 23:27:14 +0100499 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
500 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
501 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
502
Dirk Eibachc01939c2013-06-26 15:55:15 +0200503 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
504 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
505
Che-liang Chiou90899cc2013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000506 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Vadim Bendebury5e124722011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000507 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
508 per system is supported at this time.
509
Reinhard Pfaube6c1522013-06-26 15:55:13 +0200510 CONFIG_TPM
511 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
512 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
513 Requires support for a TPM device.
514
515 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
516 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
517 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
518
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000519- USB Support:
520 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
Heiko Schocher064b55c2017-06-14 05:49:40 +0200521 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000522 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
523 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenk30d56fa2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000524 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000525 storage devices.
526 Note:
527 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
528 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk4d13cba2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000529
Oleksandr Tymoshenko6e9e0622014-02-01 21:51:25 -0700530 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
531 HW module registers.
532
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200533- USB Device:
534 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
535 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
536 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200537 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200538 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
539 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200540 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200541 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
542 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
543 a Linux host by
544 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
545 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
546 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
547 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200548
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200549 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200550 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200551 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200552 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
553 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
554 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
555
556 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
557 Define this string as the name of your company for
558 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200559
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200560 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
561 Define this string as the name of your product
562 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
563
564 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
565 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
566 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
567 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
568 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denk386eda02006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200569
Wolfgang Denk16c8d5e2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200570 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
571 Define this as the unique Product ID
572 for your device
573 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000574
Igor Grinbergd70a5602011-12-12 12:08:35 +0200575- ULPI Layer Support:
576 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
577 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
578 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
579 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
580 viewport is supported.
581 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
582 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
Lucas Stach6d365ea2012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200583 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500584 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CFG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
Lucas Stach6d365ea2012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200585 the appropriate value in Hz.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000586
587- MMC Support:
Yoshihiro Shimodaafb35662011-07-04 22:21:22 +0000588 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
589 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
590
591 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
592 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
593
594 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
595 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
596
Tom Rinib3ba6e92013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000597- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
Marek Vasutbb4059a2018-02-16 16:41:18 +0100598 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
Tom Rinib3ba6e92013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000599 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
600
Pantelis Antoniouc6631762013-03-14 05:32:52 +0000601 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
602 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
603
Afzal Mohammeda9479f02013-09-18 01:15:24 +0530604 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
605 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
606 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
607 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
608 one that would help mostly the developer.
609
Heiko Schochere7e75c72013-06-12 06:05:51 +0200610 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
611 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
612 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
613 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
614 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
615
Pantelis Antoniouea2453d2013-03-14 05:32:48 +0000616 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
617 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
618 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
619 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
620 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
621 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
622
Heiko Schocher001a8312014-03-18 08:09:56 +0100623 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
624 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
625 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
626 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
627
628 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
629 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
630 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
631 sending again an USB request to the device.
632
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000633- Keyboard Support:
Simon Glass39f615e2015-11-11 10:05:47 -0700634 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
635
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000636- MII/PHY support:
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000637 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
638
639 The clock frequency of the MII bus
640
wdenk17ea1172004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000641 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
642
643 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
644 command issued before MII status register can be read
645
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000646- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
647 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
648
649 If you have many targets in a network that try to
650 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
651 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
652 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
653 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
654 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
655 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
656 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
Wolfgang Denk6c33c782007-08-06 23:21:05 +0200657 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000658
659 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
660 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
661 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
662 4th and following
663 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
664
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500665 CFG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
Thierry Reding92ac8ac2014-08-19 10:21:24 +0200666
667 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
668 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
669 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
670 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
671 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
672 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
673 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
674 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
675 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
676 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
677 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500678 IDs. The CFG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
Thierry Reding92ac8ac2014-08-19 10:21:24 +0200679 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
680 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
681 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
682
stroesefe389a82003-08-28 14:17:32 +0000683- DHCP Advanced Options:
Joe Hershberger2c00e092012-05-23 07:59:19 +0000684
Joe Hershbergerd22c3382012-05-23 08:00:12 +0000685 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
686 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
687 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
688 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
689 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
690
691 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
692
Prabhakar Kushwaha24acb832017-11-23 16:51:32 +0530693 - MAC address from environment variables
694
695 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
696
697 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
698 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
699 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
700 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
701
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000702 - CDP Options:
wdenk6e592382004-04-18 17:39:38 +0000703 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000704
705 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
706
707 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
708
709 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
710 of the device.
711
712 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
713
714 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
715 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200716 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
wdenka3d991b2004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000717
718 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
719
720 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
721 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
722
723 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
724
725 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
726
727 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
728
729 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
730
731 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
732
733 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
734
735 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
736
737 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
738 device in .1 of milliwatts.
739
740 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
741
742 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
743
Uri Mashiach79267ed2017-01-19 10:51:05 +0200744- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000745
746 Several configurations allow to display the current
747 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
748 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
749 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
750 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
751 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
Uri Mashiach79267ed2017-01-19 10:51:05 +0200752 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000753 feature in U-Boot.
754
Igor Grinberg1df7bbb2013-11-08 01:03:50 +0200755 Additional options:
756
Uri Mashiach79267ed2017-01-19 10:51:05 +0200757 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg1df7bbb2013-11-08 01:03:50 +0200758 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
759 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
Uri Mashiach79267ed2017-01-19 10:51:05 +0200760 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg1df7bbb2013-11-08 01:03:50 +0200761 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
762
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500763 CFG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
Igor Grinberg9dfdcdf2013-11-08 01:03:52 +0200764 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
765 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
766 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500767 In such cases CFG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
Igor Grinberg9dfdcdf2013-11-08 01:03:52 +0200768 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
769
Tom Rini55dabcc2021-08-18 23:12:24 -0400770- I2C Support:
Tom Rinicdc5ed82022-11-16 13:10:29 -0500771 CFG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glass945a18e2016-10-02 18:01:05 -0600772 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
Heiko Schocher3f4978c2012-01-16 21:12:24 +0000773
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500774 CFG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glass710b9c82024-08-11 08:50:47 -0600775 hold a list of buses you want to use
Heiko Schocher3f4978c2012-01-16 21:12:24 +0000776
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500777 CFG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
Heiko Schocher3f4978c2012-01-16 21:12:24 +0000778 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
779 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
780 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
781 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
782 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
783 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
784 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
785 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
786 }
787
788 which defines
789 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
Heiko Schocherea818db2013-01-29 08:53:15 +0100790 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
791 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
792 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
793 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
794 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
Heiko Schocher3f4978c2012-01-16 21:12:24 +0000795 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
Heiko Schocherea818db2013-01-29 08:53:15 +0100796 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
797 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
Heiko Schocher3f4978c2012-01-16 21:12:24 +0000798
799 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
800
Simon Glassce3b5d62017-05-12 21:10:00 -0600801- Legacy I2C Support:
Heiko Schocherea818db2013-01-29 08:53:15 +0100802 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000803 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
804 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000805
806 I2C_INIT
807
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000808 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000809 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000810
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000811 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000812
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000813 I2C_ACTIVE
814
815 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
816 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
817 define can be null.
818
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000819 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
820
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000821 I2C_TRISTATE
822
823 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
824 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
825 define can be null.
826
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000827 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
828
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000829 I2C_READ
830
York Sun472d5462013-04-01 11:29:11 -0700831 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
832 false if it is low.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000833
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000834 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
835
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000836 I2C_SDA(bit)
837
York Sun472d5462013-04-01 11:29:11 -0700838 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
839 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000840
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000841 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000842 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000843 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000844
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000845 I2C_SCL(bit)
846
York Sun472d5462013-04-01 11:29:11 -0700847 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
848 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000849
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000850 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2535d602003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000851 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenkba56f622004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000852 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000853
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000854 I2C_DELAY
855
856 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
857 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000858 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk945af8d2003-07-16 21:53:01 +0000859 like:
860
wdenkb37c7e52003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000861 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000862
Mike Frysinger793b5722010-07-21 13:38:02 -0400863 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
864
865 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
866 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
867 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
868 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
869
870 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
871 the generic GPIO functions.
872
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500873 CFG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
Ben Warrenbb99ad62006-09-07 16:50:54 -0400874
875 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
Tom Rini1353b252022-12-02 16:42:30 -0500876 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued.
Ben Warrenbb99ad62006-09-07 16:50:54 -0400877
878 e.g.
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500879 #define CFG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
Ben Warrenbb99ad62006-09-07 16:50:54 -0400880
881 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
882
Andrew Dyer2ac69852008-12-29 17:36:01 -0600883 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
884
885 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
886 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
887 between writing the address pointer and reading the
888 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
889 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
890 devices can use either method, but some require one or
891 the other.
Timur Tabibe5e6182006-11-03 19:15:00 -0600892
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000893- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
894
895 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
896 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
897 D/As on the SACSng board)
898
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500899 CFG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
Heiko Schocherf659b572014-07-14 10:22:11 +0200900 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
901 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
902
Matthias Fuchs01335022007-12-27 17:12:34 +0100903- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
904
905 Enables FPGA subsystem.
906
907 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
908
909 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
910 (ALTERA, XILINX)
911
912 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
913
914 Enables support for FPGA family.
915 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
916
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200917 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000918
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000919 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
920 status by the configuration function. This option
921 will require a board or device specific function to
922 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000923
Tom Rini72fc2642022-12-04 10:03:57 -0500924 CFG_FPGA_DELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000925
926 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
927 configuration driver.
928
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -0500929 CFG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000930
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000931 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
932 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
933 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
934 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000935
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500936 CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000937
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800938 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
939 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000940 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200941 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000942
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500943 CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000944
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800945 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200946 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000947
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -0500948 CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000949
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000950 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200951 200 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000952
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000953- Vendor Parameter Protection:
954
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000955 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
956 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000957 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000958 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
959 protects these variables from casual modification by
960 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
961 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200962 change this behaviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000963
964 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
965 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +0000966 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000967 these parameters.
968
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -0600969 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
970 for any variable by configuring the type of access
971 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
Tom Riniacf29d82022-12-04 10:03:40 -0500972 or define CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -0600973
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000974- Protected RAM:
Tom Rini7c5c1372022-12-04 10:13:37 -0500975 CFG_PRAM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000976
977 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
978 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
Tom Rini7c5c1372022-12-04 10:13:37 -0500979 by U-Boot. Define CFG_PRAM to hold the number of
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000980 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
981 this default value by defining an environment
982 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
983 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
984 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
985 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
986 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
987 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
988 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
989
Wolfgang Denkfe126d82005-11-20 21:40:11 +0100990 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000991 saveenv
992
993 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
994 either, which results in a memory region that will
995 not be affected by reboots.
996
997 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
998 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
999 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1000 following board configurations are known to be
1001 "pRAM-clean":
1002
Heiko Schocher5b8e76c2017-06-07 17:33:09 +02001003 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
Wolfgang Denk1b0757e2012-10-24 02:36:15 +00001004 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
Heiko Schocher2eb48ff2017-06-07 17:33:10 +02001005 FLAGADM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001006
1007- Error Recovery:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001008 Note:
1009
wdenk8bde7f72003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001010 In the current implementation, the local variables
1011 space and global environment variables space are
1012 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1013 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1014 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1015 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1016 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001017
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001018 Global environment variables are those you use
1019 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1020 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1021 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001022
1023 To store commands and special characters in a
1024 variable, please use double quotation marks
1025 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1026 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1027 symbols.
1028
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001029- Default Environment:
Tom Rini0613c362022-12-04 10:03:50 -05001030 CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001031
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001032 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1033 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001034 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001035
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001036 For example, place something like this in your
1037 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001038
Tom Rini0613c362022-12-04 10:03:50 -05001039 #define CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001040 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1041 "myvar2=value2\0"
1042
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001043 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1044 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1045 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1046 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001047 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001048 You better know what you are doing here.
1049
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001050 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1051 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
Wolfgang Denk74de7ae2009-04-01 23:34:12 +02001052 the environment like the "source" command or the
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001053 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001054
Simon Glass06fd8532012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001055 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1056
1057 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001058 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
Simon Glass06fd8532012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001059 that so that the environment is not available until
1060 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1061 this is instead controlled by the value of
1062 /config/load-environment.
1063
Detlev Zundelcccfc2a2009-12-01 17:16:19 +01001064- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1065 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1066 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1067 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1068
1069 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1070 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1071
1072- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
Heiko Schocherff94bc42014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001073 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1074 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1075 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1076 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1077 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1078 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1079
1080 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1081 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1082 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1083 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1084 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1085
1086 default: 4096
Simon Glassc654b512014-10-23 18:58:54 -06001087
Heiko Schocherff94bc42014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001088 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1089 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1090 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1091 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1092 flash), this value is ignored.
1093
1094 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1095 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1096 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1097 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1098 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1099 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1100
1101 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1102 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1103 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1104 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1105 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1106 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1107 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1108 partition.
1109
1110 default: 20
1111
1112 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1113 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1114 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1115 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1116 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1117 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1118 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1119 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1120 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1121 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1122 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1123 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1124
1125 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1126 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1127 without a fastmap.
1128 default: 0
1129
Heiko Schocher0195a7b2015-10-22 06:19:21 +02001130 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1131 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1132 default: 0
1133
Daniel Schwierzeck6a11cf42011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001134- SPL framework
Wolfgang Denk04e5ae72011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001135 CONFIG_SPL
1136 Enable building of SPL globally.
Daniel Schwierzeck6a11cf42011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001137
Albert ARIBAUD \(3ADEV\)8c80eb32015-03-31 11:40:50 +02001138 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1139 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1140 loaded does not have a signature.
1141 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1142 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1143 will be caught.
1144 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1145 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1146 and thus should be skipped silently.
1147
Tom Rini861a86f2012-08-13 11:37:56 -07001148 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1149 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1150 about the running system.
1151
Scott Wood06f60ae2012-12-06 13:33:17 +00001152 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1153 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
1154 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
1155 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
1156 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
1157
Thomas Gleixner6f4e7d32016-07-12 20:28:12 +02001158 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
1159 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
1160 loader
1161
Sean Anderson601b8902023-11-04 16:37:41 -04001162 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE,
1163 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE,
1164 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS, CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS,
1165 CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE, CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
Tom Rini95579792012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001166 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
Scott Wood7d4b7952012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001167 to read U-Boot
Tom Rini95579792012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001168
Tom Rini4e590942022-11-12 17:36:51 -05001169 CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
Scott Wood7d4b7952012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001170 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
1171
Tom Rini4e590942022-11-12 17:36:51 -05001172 CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
Scott Wood7d4b7952012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001173 Size of image to load
Tom Rini95579792012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001174
Tom Rini4e590942022-11-12 17:36:51 -05001175 CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Scott Wood7d4b7952012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001176 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
Tom Rini95579792012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001177
Pavel Machekc57b9532012-08-30 22:42:11 +02001178 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
1179 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
1180
Marek Vasutb527b9c2018-05-13 00:22:52 +02001181 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Simon Glass87ebee32013-05-08 08:05:59 +00001182 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
1183 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
1184 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
1185 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
1186
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001187- Interrupt support (PPC):
1188
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001189 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1190 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001191 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001192 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001193 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001194 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001195 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
wdenkd4ca31c2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001196 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1197 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1198 general timer_interrupt().
wdenka8c7c702003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001199
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001200
Helmut Raiger9660e442011-10-20 04:19:47 +00001201Board initialization settings:
1202------------------------------
1203
1204During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
1205to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
1206before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
1207following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
1208architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
1209typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
1210
1211- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
1212- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
1213- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001214
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001215Configuration Settings:
1216-----------------------
1217
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001218- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001219 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1220
Tom Rini6e7df1d2023-01-10 11:19:45 -05001221- CFG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
Peter Tyser2fb26042009-01-27 18:03:12 -06001222 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
1223
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001224- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001225 prompt for user input.
1226
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001227- CFG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001228 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1229
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001230- CFG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
York Sune61a7532016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001231 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001232 If defined, the size of CFG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
York Sune8149522015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001233 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
1234 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
York Sune61a7532016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001235 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
York Sune8149522015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001236 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
1237 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
1238
Tom Riniaa6e94d2022-11-16 13:10:37 -05001239- CFG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001240 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1241
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001242- CFG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001243 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1244
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001245- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001246 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1247
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001248- CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001249 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1250 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Sieka7d721e32008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001251 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
1252 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
Robert P. J. Day1bce2ae2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001253 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
Bartlomiej Sieka7d721e32008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001254 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001255 and "bootm_low" + CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
Grant Likelyc3624e62011-03-28 09:58:43 +00001256 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001257 CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
Grant Likelyc3624e62011-03-28 09:58:43 +00001258 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001259
John Rigbyfca43cc2010-10-13 13:57:35 -06001260- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
1261 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
1262 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1263
1264- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
1265 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
1266 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1267
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001268- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
wdenk8564acf2003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001269 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1270 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1271
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001272- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001273 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk5653fc32004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001274 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1275
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD00b18832008-08-13 01:40:42 +02001276- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
wdenk5653fc32004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001277 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1278 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001279
Piotr Ziecik91809ed2008-11-17 15:57:58 +01001280- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
1281 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
1282 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
1283 to the MTD layer.
1284
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001285- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
Guennadi Liakhovetski96ef8312008-04-03 13:36:02 +02001286 Use buffered writes to flash.
1287
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001288- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
Tom Riniacf29d82022-12-04 10:03:40 -05001289- CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Robert P. J. Day1bce2ae2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001290 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001291 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
1292 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
1293 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
1294
1295 The format of the list is:
1296 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001297 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
1298 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001299 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
1300 list = entry[,list]
1301
1302 The type attributes are:
1303 s - String (default)
1304 d - Decimal
1305 x - Hexadecimal
1306 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
1307 i - IP address
1308 m - MAC address
1309
Joe Hershberger267541f2012-12-11 22:16:34 -06001310 The access attributes are:
1311 a - Any (default)
1312 r - Read-only
1313 o - Write-once
1314 c - Change-default
1315
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001316 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
1317 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001318 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001319
Tom Riniacf29d82022-12-04 10:03:40 -05001320 - CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Joe Hershberger25980902012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001321 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
1322 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
1323 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
1324 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
1325 ".flags" variable.
1326
Joe Hershbergerbdf1fe42015-05-20 14:27:20 -05001327 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
1328 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
1329 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
1330
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001331The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1332of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1333following configurations:
1334
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001335BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001336in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001337console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001338U-Boot will hang.
1339
1340Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1341environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1342keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1343to save the current settings.
1344
Liu Gang0a85a9e2012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001345BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
1346"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
Liu Gangfc54c7f2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00001347environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
1348but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
Liu Gang0a85a9e2012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001349
Guennadi Liakhovetskib74ab732009-05-18 16:07:22 +02001350- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
1351
1352 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
1353 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
1354 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
1355
Bruce Adlere881cb52007-11-02 13:15:42 -07001356Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001357has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
Simon Glass00caae62017-08-03 12:22:12 -06001358created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001359until then to read environment variables.
1360
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001361The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1362is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1363with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1364necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1365"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1366have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001367
1368Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1369the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001370use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001371
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001372- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk42d1f032003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001373 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001374
Simon Glassb2b92f52012-11-30 13:01:18 +00001375- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
1376 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
1377 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
1378 to do this.
1379
Simon Glasse2e3e2b2012-11-30 13:01:19 +00001380- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
1381 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
1382 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
1383 present.
1384
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001385Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001386---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001387
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001388- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001389 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1390
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001391- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
1392 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
1393 PowerPC SOCs.
1394
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001395- CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001396 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
1397 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
1398
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001399- CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001400 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
1401 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
Wolfgang Denkc0f40852011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001402 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001403 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
1404 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
1405 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
1406
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001407 #define CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
1408 * 1ull) << 32 | CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001409
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001410- CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
1411 Bits 33-36 of CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
Wolfgang Denk4cf26092011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001412 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001413 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
1414 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
1415
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001416- CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
1417 Lower 32-bits of CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
Timur Tabie46fedf2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001418 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
1419 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
1420
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001421- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenkefe2a4d2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00001422 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
Christophe Leroy907208c2017-07-06 10:23:22 +02001423 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001424
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05001425- CFG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001426
wdenk7152b1d2003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001427 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001428 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1429 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1430 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1431 will become available only after programming the
1432 memory controller and running certain initialization
1433 sequences.
1434
1435 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
Christophe Leroy907208c2017-07-06 10:23:22 +02001436 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001437
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001438- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001439
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001440- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001441 SDRAM timing
1442
Kumar Galaa09b9b62010-12-30 12:09:53 -06001443- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
1444 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
1445
Simon Glass62f9b652019-11-14 12:57:09 -07001446- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
Kumar Galaa09b9b62010-12-30 12:09:53 -06001447 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
1448
1449- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
1450 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
1451
Fabio Estevam66bd1842013-04-11 09:35:34 +00001452- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
1453 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
1454 a 16 bit bus.
1455 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
Fabio Estevama430e912013-04-11 09:35:35 +00001456 Example of drivers that use it:
Miquel Raynala430fa02018-08-16 17:30:07 +02001457 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
1458 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
Alex Watermaneced4622011-05-19 15:08:36 -04001459
1460- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
1461 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
1462 a default value will be used.
1463
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001464- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001465 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
1466 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
1467 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warrenbb99ad62006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001468
York Sun6f5e1dc2011-09-16 13:21:35 -07001469- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
1470 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
1471
York Sune32d59a2015-01-06 13:18:55 -08001472- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
1473 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
1474
York Sun4516ff82015-03-19 09:30:28 -07001475- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
1476 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
1477
wdenkc26e4542004-04-18 10:13:26 +00001478- CONFIG_RMII
1479 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
1480 Note that this is a global option, we can't
1481 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
1482
wdenk5cf91d62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00001483- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
1484 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
1485 The syntax is:
1486
1487 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
1488
1489 Where address/count indicate a memory area
1490 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
1491 area should have.
1492
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +00001493- CONFIG_LOOPW
1494 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Simon Glass493f4202017-08-04 16:34:27 -06001495 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +00001496
Joel Johnson72732312020-01-29 09:17:18 -07001497- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
stroese7b466642004-12-16 18:46:55 +00001498 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
1499 "md/mw" commands.
1500 Examples:
1501
wdenkefe2a4d2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00001502 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroese7b466642004-12-16 18:46:55 +00001503 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
1504
wdenkefe2a4d2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00001505 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroese7b466642004-12-16 18:46:55 +00001506 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
1507
wdenkefe2a4d2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00001508 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Simon Glass493f4202017-08-04 16:34:27 -06001509 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
stroese7b466642004-12-16 18:46:55 +00001510
Aneesh V401bb302011-07-13 05:11:07 +00001511- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
Simon Glass1d387222023-11-18 14:04:50 -07001512 Set when the currently running compilation is for an artifact
1513 that will end up in one of the 'xPL' builds, i.e. SPL, TPL or
1514 VPL. Code that needs phase-specific behaviour can check this,
1515 or (where possible) use spl_phase() instead.
1516
1517 Note that CONFIG_SPL_BUILD *is* always defined when either
1518 of CONFIG_TPL_BUILD / CONFIG_VPL_BUILD is defined. This can be
1519 counter-intuitive and should perhaps be changed.
wdenk400558b2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00001520
Ying Zhang3aa29de2013-08-16 15:16:15 +08001521- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
Simon Glass1d387222023-11-18 14:04:50 -07001522 Set when the currently running compilation is for an artifact
1523 that will end up in the TPL build (as opposed to SPL, VPL or
1524 U-Boot proper). Code that needs phase-specific behaviour can
1525 check this, or (where possible) use spl_phase() instead.
1526
1527- CONFIG_VPL_BUILD
1528 Set when the currently running compilation is for an artifact
1529 that will end up in the VPL build (as opposed to the SPL, TPL
1530 or U-Boot proper). Code that needs phase-specific behaviour can
1531 check this, or (where possible) use spl_phase() instead.
Ying Zhang3aa29de2013-08-16 15:16:15 +08001532
Simon Glass4213fc22013-02-24 17:33:14 +00001533- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
1534 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
1535 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
1536 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
1537 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
1538 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
1539 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
1540 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
1541
Simon Glass588a13f2013-02-14 04:18:54 +00001542- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
1543 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
1544 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
Gabe Blackb16f5212012-11-27 21:08:06 +00001545
Timur Tabif2717b42011-11-22 09:21:25 -06001546Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
1547-----------------------------------
1548
1549The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
1550loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
1551This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
1552are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
1553within that device.
1554
Zhao Qiangdcf1d772014-03-21 16:21:44 +08001555- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
1556 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
Tom Rinicc1e98b2019-05-12 07:59:12 -04001557 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Zhao Qiangdcf1d772014-03-21 16:21:44 +08001558 is also specified.
1559
1560- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
1561 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
Tom Rinicc1e98b2019-05-12 07:59:12 -04001562 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Timur Tabif2717b42011-11-22 09:21:25 -06001563 is also specified.
1564
1565- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
1566 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
1567 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
1568 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
1569 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
1570
1571- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
1572 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
1573 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
1574 virtual address in NOR flash.
1575
1576- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
1577 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
1578 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
1579
1580- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
1581 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
1582 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
1583
Liu Gang292dc6c2012-03-08 00:33:18 +00001584- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
1585 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
1586 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
Liu Gangfc54c7f2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00001587 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
1588 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
1589 master's memory space.
Timur Tabif2717b42011-11-22 09:21:25 -06001590
J. German Riverab940ca62014-06-23 15:15:55 -07001591Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
1592---------------------------------------------------------
1593The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
1594"firmware".
1595This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
1596are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
1597within that device.
1598
1599- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
1600 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
1601
Prabhakar Kushwaha5c055082015-06-02 10:55:52 +05301602Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
1603-------------------------------------------
1604The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
1605"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
1606This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
1607
York Sunc0492142015-12-07 11:08:58 -08001608- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
1609 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
Prabhakar Kushwaha5c055082015-06-02 10:55:52 +05301610
Paul Kocialkowskif3f431a2015-07-26 18:48:15 +02001611
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001612Building the Software:
1613======================
1614
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001615Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
1616and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
1617all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
1618(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
Naoki Hayama047f6ec2020-10-08 13:17:16 +09001619recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001620which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001621
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001622If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
1623have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
1624you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
1625Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
1626necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001627
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001628 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
1629 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001630
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001631U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
1632sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001633is done by typing:
1634
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +02001635 make NAME_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001636
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +02001637where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
Heinrich Schuchardtecb3a0a2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01001638rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
wdenk54387ac2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00001639
Heinrich Schuchardtecb3a0a2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01001640Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001641 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
1642 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
1643 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001644 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001645
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +02001646 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001647 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001648
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +02001649 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001650 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001651
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001652 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001653
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001654
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001655Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
1656images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001657
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001658- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
1659- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
1660- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001661
Daniel Schwierzeck215bb1c2018-01-26 16:31:04 +01001662User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
1663setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
1664For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
1665
1666 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001667
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001668Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
1669for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
1670native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001671
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001672
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001673If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
1674to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
1675steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001676
Phil Sutter3c1496c2015-12-25 14:41:18 +010016771. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001678 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
Phil Sutter3c1496c2015-12-25 14:41:18 +01001679 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
16802. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
1681 your board.
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +000016823. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
1683 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +020016844. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +000016855. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
1686 to be installed on your target system.
16876. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
1688 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001689
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001690
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001691Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
1692==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001693
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001694If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
1695or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001696provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
Thomas Hebb32f2ca22019-11-13 18:18:03 -08001697the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001698official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001699
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001700But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
1701cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001702the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
Simon Glass6de80f22016-07-27 20:33:08 -06001703just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
1704configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
1705will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
1706for documentation.
Marian Balakowiczbaf31242006-09-07 17:25:40 +02001707
1708
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001709See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001710
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001711
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001712Monitor Commands - Overview:
1713============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001714
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001715go - start application at address 'addr'
1716run - run commands in an environment variable
1717bootm - boot application image from memory
1718bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
Marek Vasut44f074c2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00001719bootz - boot zImage from memory
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001720tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
1721 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
1722 (and eventually "gatewayip")
Simon Glass1fb7cd42011-10-24 18:00:07 +00001723tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001724rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
1725diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
1726loads - load S-Record file over serial line
1727loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
Rui Miguel Silvabfef72e2022-05-11 10:55:40 +01001728loadm - load binary blob from source address to destination address
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001729md - memory display
1730mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
1731nm - memory modify (constant address)
1732mw - memory write (fill)
Simon Glassbdded202020-06-02 19:26:49 -06001733ms - memory search
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001734cp - memory copy
1735cmp - memory compare
1736crc32 - checksum calculation
Peter Tyser0f89c542009-04-18 22:34:03 -05001737i2c - I2C sub-system
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001738sspi - SPI utility commands
1739base - print or set address offset
1740printenv- print environment variables
Pragnesh Patel9e9a5302020-12-22 11:30:05 +05301741pwm - control pwm channels
Linus Walleij41a29f22023-02-01 00:16:13 +01001742seama - load SEAMA NAND image
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001743setenv - set environment variables
1744saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
1745protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
1746erase - erase FLASH memory
1747flinfo - print FLASH memory information
Karl O. Pinc10635af2012-08-03 05:57:21 +00001748nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001749bdinfo - print Board Info structure
1750iminfo - print header information for application image
1751coninfo - print console devices and informations
1752ide - IDE sub-system
1753loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk56523f12004-07-11 17:40:54 +00001754loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001755mtest - simple RAM test
1756icache - enable or disable instruction cache
1757dcache - enable or disable data cache
1758reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
1759echo - echo args to console
1760version - print monitor version
1761help - print online help
1762? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001763
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001764
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001765Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
1766========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001767
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001768TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001769
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001770For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001771
1772
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001773Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
1774=======================================
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00001775
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001776Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001777such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
1778"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00001779
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001780Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
1781MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
1782"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00001783
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001784If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
1785in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
1786ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
1787variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf07771c2003-05-28 08:06:31 +00001788
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001789o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
1790 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001791
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001792o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
1793 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
1794 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001795
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001796o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
1797 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001798
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001799o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
1800 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
1801 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001802
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001803o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
Joe Hershbergerbef10142015-05-04 14:55:13 -05001804 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
1805 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001806
Ben Warrenecee9322010-04-26 11:11:46 -07001807If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
Wolfgang Denkc0f40852011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001808will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
Ben Warrenecee9322010-04-26 11:11:46 -07001809may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
1810The naming convention is as follows:
1811"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001812
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001813Image Formats:
1814==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001815
Marian Balakowicz3310c542008-03-12 12:13:13 +01001816U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
1817images in two formats:
1818
1819New uImage format (FIT)
1820-----------------------
1821
1822Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
1823to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
1824components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
1825SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
1826
1827
1828Old uImage format
1829-----------------
1830
1831Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
1832preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
1833details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001834
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001835* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
1836 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
Peter Tyserf5ed9e32008-09-08 14:56:49 -05001837 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
Thomas Huth0797e732021-11-13 18:13:50 +01001838 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY).
Andy Shevchenkodaab59a2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03001839* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
Tom Rini11232132022-04-06 09:21:25 -04001840 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
1841 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001842* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
1843* Load Address
1844* Entry Point
1845* Image Name
1846* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001847
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001848The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
1849and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
1850CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001851
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001852
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001853Linux Support:
1854==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001855
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001856Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
1857easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
1858U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001859
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001860U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
1861special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
1862"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
1863instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
1864serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001865
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001866- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
1867 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
1868 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001869
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001870- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
1871 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001872
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001873- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
1874 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
1875 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
1876 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
1877 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
1878 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001879
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001880
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001881Linux HOWTO:
1882============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001883
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001884Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
1885---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001886
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001887U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
1888configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
1889(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
1890Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001891
Stefan Roesea47a12b2010-04-15 16:07:28 +02001892But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001893
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001894Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
1895include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
Markus Heidelberg1dc30692008-09-07 20:18:27 +02001896Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
1897and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001898as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001899
Simon Glass2eb31b12014-06-11 23:29:46 -06001900Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
1901If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
1902is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
1903doc/driver-model.
1904
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001905
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001906Configuring the Linux kernel:
1907-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001908
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001909No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
1910device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001911
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001912
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001913Building a Linux Image:
1914-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001915
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001916With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
1917not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
1918"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
1919U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
1920which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
1921100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001922
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001923Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001924
Holger Freytherab584d62014-08-04 09:26:05 +02001925 make TQM850L_defconfig
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001926 make oldconfig
1927 make dep
1928 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001929
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001930The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
1931encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
1932CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001933
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001934* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001935
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001936* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001937
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001938 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
1939 -R .note -R .comment \
1940 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001941
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001942* compress the binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001943
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001944 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001945
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001946* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001947
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001948 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
1949 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
1950 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001951
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001952
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001953The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
1954with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
1955combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
1956byte header containing information about target architecture,
1957operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
1958stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001959
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001960"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
1961print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001962
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001963In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
1964contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
1965checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001966
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001967 tools/mkimage -l image
1968 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001969
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001970The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
1971from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001972
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001973 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
1974 -n name -d data_file image
1975 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
1976 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
1977 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
1978 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
1979 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
1980 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
1981 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
1982 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001983
wdenk69459792004-05-29 16:53:29 +00001984Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
1985address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
1986kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001987
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001988- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
1989- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001990
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001991So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001992
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001993 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
1994 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roesea47a12b2010-04-15 16:07:28 +02001995 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00001996 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
1997 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
1998 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
1999 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2000 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2001 Load Address: 0x00000000
2002 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002003
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002004To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002005
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002006 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2007 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2008 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2009 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2010 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2011 Load Address: 0x00000000
2012 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002013
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002014NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2015speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2016needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2017need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002018
Stefan Roesea47a12b2010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002019 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002020 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2021 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roesea47a12b2010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002022 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002023 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2024 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2025 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2026 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2027 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2028 Load Address: 0x00000000
2029 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002030
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002031
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002032Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2033when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002034
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002035 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2036 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2037 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2038 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2039 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2040 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2041 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2042 Load Address: 0x00000000
2043 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002044
Tyler Hickse157a112020-10-26 10:40:24 -05002045The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
2046built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002047
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002048Installing a Linux Image:
2049-------------------------
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002050
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002051To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2052you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002053
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002054 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkdb01a2e2004-04-15 23:14:49 +00002055
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002056The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2057image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2058address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2059specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2060command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002061
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002062Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2063TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002064
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002065 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002066
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002067 .......... done
2068 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002069
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002070 => loads 40100000
2071 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2072 ~>examples/image.srec
2073 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2074 ...
2075 15989 15990 15991 15992
2076 [file transfer complete]
2077 [connected]
2078 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002079
2080
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002081You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002082this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002083corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002084
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002085 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002086
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002087 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2088 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2089 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2090 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2091 Load Address: 00000000
2092 Entry Point: 0000000c
2093 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002094
2095
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002096Boot Linux:
2097-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002098
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002099The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2100memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2101of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2102parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2103"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002104
2105
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002106 => printenv bootargs
2107 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002108
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002109 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002110
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002111 => printenv bootargs
2112 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002113
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002114 => bootm 40020000
2115 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2116 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2117 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2118 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2119 Load Address: 00000000
2120 Entry Point: 0000000c
2121 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2122 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2123 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
2124 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2125 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2126 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2127 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2128 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002129
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002130If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002131the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2132format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002133
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002134 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002135
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002136 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2137 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2138 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2139 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2140 Load Address: 00000000
2141 Entry Point: 0000000c
2142 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002143
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002144 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2145 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2146 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2147 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2148 Load Address: 00000000
2149 Entry Point: 00000000
2150 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002151
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002152 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2153 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2154 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2155 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2156 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2157 Load Address: 00000000
2158 Entry Point: 0000000c
2159 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2160 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2161 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2162 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2163 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2164 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2165 Load Address: 00000000
2166 Entry Point: 00000000
2167 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2168 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2169 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
2170 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2171 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2172 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2173 ...
2174 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2175 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002176
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002177 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002178
Matthew McClintock02677682006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002179Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
2180-----------
2181
2182First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
2183titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
2184following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
2185flat device tree:
2186
2187=> print oftaddr
2188oftaddr=0x300000
2189=> print oft
2190oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
2191=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
2192Speed: 1000, full duplex
2193Using TSEC0 device
2194TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
2195Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
2196Load address: 0x300000
2197Loading: #
2198done
2199Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
2200=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
2201Speed: 1000, full duplex
2202Using TSEC0 device
2203TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
2204Filename 'uImage'.
2205Load address: 0x200000
2206Loading:############
2207done
2208Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
2209=> print loadaddr
2210loadaddr=200000
2211=> print oftaddr
2212oftaddr=0x300000
2213=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
2214## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denka9398e02006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002215 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
2216 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2217 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintock02677682006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002218 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denka9398e02006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002219 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintock02677682006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002220 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2221 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2222Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
2223Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
2224Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
2225[snip]
2226
2227
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002228More About U-Boot Image Types:
2229------------------------------
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002230
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002231U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002232
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002233 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2234 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2235 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2236 the Standalone Program.
2237 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2238 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2239 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2240 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2241 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2242 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2243 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2244 being started.
2245 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2246 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2247 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2248 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2249 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2250 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002251
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002252 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2253 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2254 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2255 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2256 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2257 a multiple of 4 bytes).
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002258
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002259 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2260 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2261 flash memory.
stroesec1551ea2003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002262
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002263 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2264 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2265 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2266 as command interpreter.
wdenk6069ff22003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002267
Marek Vasut44f074c2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002268Booting the Linux zImage:
2269-------------------------
2270
2271On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
2272using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
2273as the syntax of "bootm" command.
2274
Tom Rini8ac28562013-05-16 11:40:11 -04002275Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
Marek Vasut017e1f32012-03-18 11:47:58 +00002276kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
2277address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
2278format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
2279
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002280
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002281Standalone HOWTO:
2282=================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002283
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002284One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2285run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2286U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002287
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002288Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002289
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002290"Hello World" Demo:
2291-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002292
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002293'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2294application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2295It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2296like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002297
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002298 => loads
2299 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2300 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2301 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2302 [file transfer complete]
2303 [connected]
2304 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002305
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002306 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2307 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2308 Hello World
2309 argc = 7
2310 argv[0] = "40004"
2311 argv[1] = "Hello"
2312 argv[2] = "World!"
2313 argv[3] = "This"
2314 argv[4] = "is"
2315 argv[5] = "a"
2316 argv[6] = "test."
2317 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2318 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002319
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002320 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002321
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002322Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2323handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2324Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2325The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2326character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2327controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002328
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002329 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2330 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2331 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2332 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002333
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002334 => loads
2335 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2336 ~>examples/timer.srec
2337 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2338 [file transfer complete]
2339 [connected]
2340 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002341
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002342 => go 40004
2343 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2344 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2345 Using timer 1
2346 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002347
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002348Hit 'b':
2349 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2350 Enabling timer
2351Hit '?':
2352 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2353 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2354Hit '?':
2355 [q, b, e, ?] .
2356 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2357Hit '?':
2358 [q, b, e, ?] .
2359 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2360Hit '?':
2361 [q, b, e, ?] .
2362 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2363Hit 'e':
2364 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2365Hit 'q':
2366 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002367
2368
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002369Implementation Internals:
2370=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002371
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002372The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
2373implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
2374inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
2375hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002376
2377
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002378Initial Stack, Global Data:
2379---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002380
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002381The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
2382starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
2383system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
2384This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
2385is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
2386at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
2387options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
2388models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
2389MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
2390locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002391
Wolfgang Denk218ca722008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002392 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
Wolfgang Denk06682362008-12-30 22:56:11 +01002393 U-Boot mailing list:
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002394
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002395 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
2396 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
2397 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
2398 ...
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002399
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002400 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
2401 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
2402 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
2403 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
2404 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002405 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002406 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
2407 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002408
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002409 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
2410 is another option for the system designer to use as an
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002411 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002412 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
2413 board designers haven't used it for something that would
2414 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
2415 used.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002416
Tom Rini65cc0e22022-11-16 13:10:41 -05002417 CFG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002418 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
2419 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese8a316c92005-08-01 16:49:12 +02002420 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002421 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
2422 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
2423 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
2424 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
2425 you get the config right.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002426
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002427 -Chris Hallinan
2428 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002429
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002430It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
2431code for the initialization procedures:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002432
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002433* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
2434 to write it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002435
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002436* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002437 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
2438 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002439
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002440* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
2441 that.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002442
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002443Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002444normal global data to share information between the code. But it
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002445turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
2446simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
2447functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
2448functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
2449the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
2450place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
2451reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002452
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002453When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
2454relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
2455GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002456
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002457For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
2458 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denke7670f62008-02-14 22:43:22 +01002459 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002460 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
2461 R5-R10: parameter passing
2462 R13: small data area pointer
2463 R30: GOT pointer
2464 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002465
Joakim Tjernlunde6bee802010-01-19 14:41:58 +01002466 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
2467 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
2468 going back and forth between asm and C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002469
Wolfgang Denke7670f62008-02-14 22:43:22 +01002470 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002471
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002472 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
2473 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
2474 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
2475 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
2476 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
2477 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002478
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002479On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002480
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002481 R0: function argument word/integer result
2482 R1-R3: function argument word
Jeroen Hofstee12eba1b2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02002483 R9: platform specific
2484 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002485 R11: argument (frame) pointer
2486 R12: temporary workspace
2487 R13: stack pointer
2488 R14: link register
2489 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002490
Jeroen Hofstee12eba1b2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02002491 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
2492
2493 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002494
Thomas Chou0df01fd32010-05-21 11:08:03 +08002495On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
Naoki Hayama047f6ec2020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002496 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
Thomas Chou0df01fd32010-05-21 11:08:03 +08002497
2498 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
2499
2500 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
2501 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
2502
Rick Chen3fafced2017-12-26 13:55:59 +08002503On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
2504
2505 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
2506 x1: return address (ra)
2507 x2: stack pointer (sp)
2508 x3: global pointer (gp)
2509 x4: thread pointer (tp)
2510 x5: link register (t0)
2511 x8: frame pointer (fp)
2512 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
2513 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
2514 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
2515 pc: program counter (pc)
2516
2517 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
2518
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002519Memory Management:
2520------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002521
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002522U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
2523MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002524
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002525The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
2526controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
2527memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
2528physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002529
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002530U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
2531TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
2532booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
2533to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD6d0f6bc2008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002534memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002535configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
2536Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002537
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002538Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
2539of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002540
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002541So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
2542this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002543
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002544 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
2545 :
2546 0x0000 1FFF
2547 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
2548 :
2549 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002550
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002551 :
2552 :
2553 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
2554 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
2555 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
2556 :
2557 0x00FD FFFF
2558 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
2559 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
2560 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
2561 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002562
2563
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002564System Initialization:
2565----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002566
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002567In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
Marcel Ziswiler11ccc332008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002568(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
Jeremiah Mahlerb445bbb2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002569configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002570To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
2571To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
2572initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
Heiko Schocher2eb48ff2017-06-07 17:33:10 +02002573which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
2574cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
2575the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002576
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002577Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
2578preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
2579(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
2580on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
2581programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
2582simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
2583banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002584
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002585When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
2586different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
2587bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
25880x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
2589contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002590
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002591Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
2592and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
2593Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
2594pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002595
wdenk2729af92004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002596Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
2597until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
2598running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
2599new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002600
2601
Heinrich Schuchardt1405bfd2023-01-25 19:14:57 +01002602Contributing
2603============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002604
Heinrich Schuchardt1405bfd2023-01-25 19:14:57 +01002605The U-Boot projects depends on contributions from the user community.
2606If you want to participate, please, have a look at the 'General'
Simon Glass4c4977c2023-11-19 08:36:00 -07002607section of https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/develop/index.html
Heinrich Schuchardt1405bfd2023-01-25 19:14:57 +01002608where we describe coding standards and the patch submission process.