1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ 2# 3# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013 4# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de. 5 6Summary: 7======== 8 9This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for 10Embedded 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. 14 15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of 16the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some 17header files in common, and special provision has been made to 18support 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 31In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the 32Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered 33"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems. 34 35In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed 36the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files 37scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or 38companies responsible for various boards and subsystems. 39 40Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the 41actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically 42from the Git log using: 43 44 make CHANGELOG 45 46 47Where to get help: 48================== 49 50In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for 51U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at 52<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic 53on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's. 54Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and 55https://marc.info/?l=u-boot 56 57Where to get source code: 58========================= 59 60The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at 61https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at 62https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot 63 64The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of 65any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also 66available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP. 67https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ 68ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ 69 70 71Where we come from: 72=================== 73 74- start from 8xxrom sources 75- create PPCBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot) 76- clean up code 77- make it easier to add custom boards 78- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs 79- extend functions, especially: 80 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader 81 * S-Record download 82 * network boot 83 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot 84- create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot) 85- add other CPU families (starting with ARM) 86- create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot) 87- current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot 88 89 90Names and Spelling: 91=================== 92 93The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling 94"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments 95in source files etc.). Example: 96 97 This is the README file for the U-Boot project. 98 99File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples: 100 101 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h 102 103 #include <asm/u-boot.h> 104 105Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on 106the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example: 107 108 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo 109 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start 110 111 112Versioning: 113=========== 114 115Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases 116were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning 117into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by 118names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date. 119Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix 120releases in "stable" maintenance trees. 121 122Examples: 123 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009 124 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree 125 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release 126 127 128Directory Hierarchy: 129==================== 130 131/arch Architecture specific files 132 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture 133 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture 134 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture 135 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture 136 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture 137 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture 138 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture 139 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture 140 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture 141 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox" 142 /sh Files generic to SH architecture 143 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture 144 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture 145/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps 146/board Board dependent files 147/cmd U-Boot commands functions 148/common Misc architecture independent functions 149/configs Board default configuration files 150/disk Code for disk drive partition handling 151/doc Documentation (don't expect too much) 152/drivers Commonly used device drivers 153/dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt. 154/env Environment files 155/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc. 156/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.) 157/include Header Files 158/lib Library routines generic to all architectures 159/Licenses Various license files 160/net Networking code 161/post Power On Self Test 162/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles 163/test Various unit test files 164/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc. 165 166Software Configuration: 167======================= 168 169Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the 170rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible. 171 172There are two classes of configuration variables: 173 174* Configuration _OPTIONS_: 175 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with 176 "CONFIG_". 177 178* Configuration _SETTINGS_: 179 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if 180 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with 181 "CONFIG_SYS_". 182 183Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating 184symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently, 185U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel, 186allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your 187build. 188 189 190Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type: 191--------------------------------------------------- 192 193For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default 194configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig". 195 196Example: For a TQM823L module type: 197 198 cd u-boot 199 make TQM823L_defconfig 200 201Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board 202you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file 203doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards. 204 205Sandbox Environment: 206-------------------- 207 208U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox' 209board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture- 210specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to 211run some of U-Boot's tests. 212 213See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details. 214 215 216Board Initialisation Flow: 217-------------------------- 218 219This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both 220SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules). 221 222Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in 223more detail later in this file. 224 225At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names 226and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures 227may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use 228CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this. 229 230Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly 231CPU-specific) start.S file, such as: 232 233 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S 234 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S 235 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S 236 237and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and 238limitations of each of these functions are described below. 239 240lowlevel_init(): 241 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f() 242 - no global_data or BSS 243 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed) 244 - must not set up SDRAM or use console 245 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to 246 board_init_f() 247 - this is almost never needed 248 - return normally from this function 249 250board_init_f(): 251 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r(): 252 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART 253 - global_data is available 254 - stack is in SRAM 255 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables, 256 only stack variables and global_data 257 258 Non-SPL-specific notes: 259 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this 260 can do nothing 261 262 SPL-specific notes: 263 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own 264 version as needed. 265 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis 266 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work 267 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S 268 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can* 269 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing 270 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged. 271 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes 272 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during 273 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to 274 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base. 275 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r() 276 directly) 277 278Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at 279this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below 280CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of 281memory. 282 283board_init_r(): 284 - purpose: main execution, common code 285 - global_data is available 286 - SDRAM is available 287 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used 288 - execution eventually continues to main_loop() 289 290 Non-SPL-specific notes: 291 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from 292 there. 293 294 SPL-specific notes: 295 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and 296 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM 297 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is 298 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a 299 spl_board_init() function containing this call 300 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux 301 302 303 304Configuration Options: 305---------------------- 306 307Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all 308such information is kept in a configuration file 309"include/configs/<board_name>.h". 310 311Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in 312"include/configs/TQM823L.h". 313 314 315Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux 316kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to 317build a config tool - later. 318 319- ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI): 320 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which 321 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core 322 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters 323 324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400 325 326 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect 327 CCN-400 328 329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504 330 331 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504 332 333The following options need to be configured: 334 335- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX. 336 337- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS. 338 339- 85xx CPU Options: 340 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64 341 342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements 343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR 344 compliance, among other possible reasons. 345 346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV 347 348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the 349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ 350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc. 351 352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT 353 354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device 355 tree nodes for the given platform. 356 357 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 358 359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set, 360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and 361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set. 362 363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV 364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional) 365 366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR) 367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied. 368 369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision 370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus 371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls 372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set. 373 374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about 375 this erratum. 376 377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND 378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only 379 required during NOR boot. 380 381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND 382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only 383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision 384 385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY 386 387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600 388 according to the A004510 workaround. 389 390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR 391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is 392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores. 393 394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR 395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory 396 which is directly connected to the DSP core. 397 398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR 399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly 400 connected to the DSP core. 401 402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT 403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space. 404 405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK 406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's. 407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply 408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock. 409 410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F 411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the 412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized. 413 414 CONFIG_DEEP_SLEEP 415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is 416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up. 417 418- Generic CPU options: 419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN 420 421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those 422 values is arch specific. 423 424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR 425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is 426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core 427 SoCs. 428 429 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR 430 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base. 431 432 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU 433 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as 434 deskew training are not available. 435 436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1 437 Freescale DDR1 controller. 438 439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2 440 Freescale DDR2 controller. 441 442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3 443 Freescale DDR3 controller. 444 445 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4 446 Freescale DDR4 controller. 447 448 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3 449 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs. 450 451 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1 452 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with 453 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board 454 implemetation. 455 456 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2 457 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with 458 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board 459 implementation. 460 461 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3 462 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with 463 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers. 464 465 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L 466 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with 467 DDR3L controllers. 468 469 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR4 470 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with 471 DDR4 controllers. 472 473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE 474 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian 475 476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE 477 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian 478 479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV 480 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller). 481 482 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV 483 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller). 484 485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI 486 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image. 487 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details 488 489 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW 490 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image. 491 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution. 492 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details 493 494 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE 495 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian 496 497 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE 498 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian 499 500 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY 501 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the 502 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But 503 it could be different for ARM SoCs. 504 505 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B 506 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special 507 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape 508 SoCs with ARM core. 509 510 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS 511 Number of controllers used as main memory. 512 513 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS 514 Number of controllers used for other than main memory. 515 516 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR 517 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA. 518 519 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE 520 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian 521 522 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE 523 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian 524 525- MIPS CPU options: 526 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET 527 528 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack 529 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before 530 relocation. 531 532 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES 533 534 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq 535 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to 536 be swapped if a flash programmer is used. 537 538- ARM options: 539 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH 540 541 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not 542 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15. 543 544 COUNTER_FREQUENCY 545 Generic timer clock source frequency. 546 547 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL 548 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is 549 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined 550 at run time. 551 552- Tegra SoC options: 553 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE 554 555 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain 556 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode, 557 such as ARM architectural timer initialization. 558 559- Linux Kernel Interface: 560 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only] 561 562 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions 563 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB. 564 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes. 565 566 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT 567 568 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be 569 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware 570 concepts). 571 572 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT 573 * New libfdt-based support 574 * Adds the "fdt" command 575 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt 576 577 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency. 578 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device 579 580 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC 581 addresses 582 583 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP 584 585 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make 586 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel 587 588 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP 589 590 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make 591 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel. 592 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting 593 the kernel. 594 595 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP 596 597 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not. 598 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot 599 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux, 600 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and 601 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where 602 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7. 603 604 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory] 605 606 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one 607 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type 608 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry 609 (see https://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/). 610 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported 611 in a single configuration file and the machine type is 612 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting. 613 614- vxWorks boot parameters: 615 616 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following 617 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask, 618 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs. 619 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile. 620 621 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override 622 the defaults discussed just above. 623 624- Cache Configuration: 625 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot 626 627- Cache Configuration for ARM: 628 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache 629 controller 630 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310 631 controller register space 632 633- Serial Ports: 634 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL 635 636 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs. 637 638 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL 639 640 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs. 641 642 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK 643 644 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to 645 the clock speed of the UARTs. 646 647 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS 648 649 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board, 650 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported) 651 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h 652 653 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL 654 655 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver. 656 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver 657 658- Autoboot Command: 659 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 660 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled; 661 define a command string that is automatically executed 662 when no character is read on the console interface 663 within "Boot Delay" after reset. 664 665 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT 666 The value of these goes into the environment as 667 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used 668 as a convenience, when switching between booting from 669 RAM and NFS. 670 671- Serial Download Echo Mode: 672 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 673 If defined to 1, all characters received during a 674 serial download (using the "loads" command) are 675 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal 676 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take 677 time on others. This setting #define's the initial 678 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable. 679 680- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined) 681 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE 682 Select one of the baudrates listed in 683 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below. 684 685- Removal of commands 686 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable 687 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line 688 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the 689 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command() 690 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very 691 simple boot procedures. 692 693- Regular expression support: 694 CONFIG_REGEX 695 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against 696 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library, 697 which adds regex support to some commands, as for 698 example "env grep" and "setexpr". 699 700- Device tree: 701 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL 702 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree 703 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically 704 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is 705 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device 706 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob. 707 708 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can 709 be done using one of the three options below: 710 711 CONFIG_OF_EMBED 712 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree 713 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the 714 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file 715 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through 716 the global data structure as gd->fdt_blob. 717 718 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE 719 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree 720 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific 721 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by: 722 723 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin 724 725 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called 726 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can 727 still use the individual files if you need something more 728 exotic. 729 730 CONFIG_OF_BOARD 731 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree 732 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with 733 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support 734 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file). 735 736- Watchdog: 737 CONFIG_WATCHDOG 738 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog 739 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC 740 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx 741 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR 742 register. When supported for a specific SoC is 743 available, then no further board specific code should 744 be needed to use it. 745 746 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG 747 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used 748 SoC, then define this variable and provide board 749 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function. 750 751- Real-Time Clock: 752 753 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC 754 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the 755 following options: 756 757 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC 758 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC 759 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC 760 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC 761 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC 762 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC 763 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC 764 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC 765 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC 766 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC 767 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337 768 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on 769 RV3029 RTC. 770 771 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface 772 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 773 774- GPIO Support: 775 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO 776 777 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of 778 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of 779 pins supported by a particular chip. 780 781 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface 782 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below. 783 784- I/O tracing: 785 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O 786 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out 787 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is 788 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that 789 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code 790 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To 791 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>' 792 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test. 793 794 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below. 795 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will 796 still continue to operate. 797 798 iotrace is enabled 799 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address) 800 Size: 00010000 (buffer size) 801 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset) 802 Output: 10000120 (start + offset) 803 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records) 804 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records) 805 806- Timestamp Support: 807 808 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp 809 (date and time) of an image is printed by image 810 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is 811 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE . 812 813- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported: 814 Zero or more of the following: 815 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table. 816 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc. 817 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the 818 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see 819 disk/part_efi.c 820 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at 821 least one non-MTD partition type as well. 822 823- IDE Reset method: 824 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several 825 board configurations files but used nowhere! 826 827 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will 828 be performed by calling the function 829 ide_set_reset(int reset) 830 which has to be defined in a board specific file 831 832- ATAPI Support: 833 CONFIG_ATAPI 834 835 Set this to enable ATAPI support. 836 837- LBA48 Support 838 CONFIG_LBA48 839 840 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB 841 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA. 842 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only' 843 support disks up to 2.1TB. 844 845 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA: 846 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses. 847 Default is 32bit. 848 849- SCSI Support: 850 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and 851 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * 852 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the 853 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target 854 devices. 855 856 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of 857 SCSI devices found during the last scan. 858 859- NETWORK Support (PCI): 860 CONFIG_E1000 861 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips. 862 863 CONFIG_E1000_SPI 864 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x. 865 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one 866 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC. 867 868 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC 869 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for 870 example with the "sspi" command. 871 872 CONFIG_NATSEMI 873 Support for National dp83815 chips. 874 875 CONFIG_NS8382X 876 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips. 877 878- NETWORK Support (other): 879 880 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC 881 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC. 882 883 CONFIG_RMII 884 Define this to use reduced MII inteface 885 886 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET 887 If this defined, the driver is quiet. 888 The driver doen't show link status messages. 889 890 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC 891 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device 892 893 CONFIG_LAN91C96 894 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. 895 896 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT 897 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing 898 899 CONFIG_SMC91111 900 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip 901 902 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE 903 Define this to hold the physical address 904 of the device (I/O space) 905 906 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT 907 Define this if data bus is 32 bits 908 909 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS 910 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros 911 (some hardware wont work with macros) 912 913 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT 914 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs. 915 916 CONFIG_FTGMAC100 917 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet 918 919 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA 920 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY. 921 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY. 922 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur 923 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or 924 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit 925 control registers. This behavior won't affect the 926 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update. 927 928 CONFIG_SH_ETHER 929 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller 930 931 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT 932 Define the number of ports to be used 933 934 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR 935 Define the ETH PHY's address 936 937 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK 938 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush. 939 940- TPM Support: 941 CONFIG_TPM 942 Support TPM devices. 943 944 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON 945 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device 946 per system is supported at this time. 947 948 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION 949 Define the burst count bytes upper limit 950 951 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24 952 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support. 953 954 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C 955 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices. 956 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C. 957 958 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI 959 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices. 960 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI. 961 962 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI 963 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support. 964 965 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC 966 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device 967 per system is supported at this time. 968 969 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS 970 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped 971 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at 972 0xfed40000. 973 974 CONFIG_TPM 975 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides 976 functional interfaces to some TPM commands. 977 Requires support for a TPM device. 978 979 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS 980 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library. 981 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1. 982 983- USB Support: 984 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is 985 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define 986 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. 987 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard 988 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB 989 storage devices. 990 Note: 991 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives 992 (TEAC FD-05PUB). 993 994 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the 995 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset. 996 997 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2 998 HW module registers. 999 1000- USB Device:
1001 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console. 1002 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the 1003 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and 1004 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print 1005 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty 1006 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to 1007 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a 1008 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device. 1009 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate 1010 a Linux host by 1011 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID 1012 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment 1013 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following 1014 might be defined in YourBoardName.h 1015 1016 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE 1017 Define this to build a UDC device 1018 1019 CONFIG_USB_TTY 1020 Define this to have a tty type of device available to 1021 talk to the UDC device 1022 1023 CONFIG_USBD_HS 1024 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb 1025 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine 1026 int is_usbd_high_speed(void) 1027 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll 1028 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full 1029 speed. 1030 1031 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV 1032 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to 1033 be set to usbtty. 1034 1035 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to 1036 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h 1037 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define 1038 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME, 1039 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot 1040 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host. 1041 1042 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER 1043 Define this string as the name of your company for 1044 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company" 1045 1046 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME 1047 Define this string as the name of your product 1048 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device" 1049 1050 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 1051 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB 1052 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID 1053 to avoid polluting the USB namespace. 1054 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF 1055 1056 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 1057 Define this as the unique Product ID 1058 for your device 1059 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF 1060 1061- ULPI Layer Support: 1062 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via 1063 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY 1064 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and 1065 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based 1066 viewport is supported. 1067 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and 1068 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file. 1069 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the 1070 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to 1071 the appropriate value in Hz. 1072 1073- MMC Support: 1074 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To 1075 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be 1076 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device 1077 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is 1078 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with 1079 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT. 1080 1081 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF 1082 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller 1083 1084 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR 1085 Define the base address of MMCIF registers 1086 1087 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK 1088 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF 1089 1090- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support: 1091 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB 1092 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class 1093 1094 CONFIG_DFU_NAND 1095 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU. 1096 1097 CONFIG_DFU_RAM 1098 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU. 1099 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but 1100 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage, 1101 one that would help mostly the developer. 1102 1103 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE 1104 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the 1105 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer 1106 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable 1107 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable. 1108 1109 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE 1110 When updating files rather than the raw storage device, 1111 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write 1112 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define 1113 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer. 1114 Default is 4 MiB if undefined. 1115 1116 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT 1117 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the 1118 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending 1119 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device. 1120 1121 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT 1122 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when 1123 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before 1124 sending again an USB request to the device. 1125 1126- Journaling Flash filesystem support: 1127 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND 1128 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device 1129 1130 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR, 1131 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS 1132 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device 1133 1134- Keyboard Support: 1135 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers. 1136 1137 CONFIG_KEYBOARD 1138 1139 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support. 1140 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be 1141 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated 1142 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model 1143 instead. 1144 1145- Video support: 1146 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB 1147 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for 1148 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU 1149 support, and should also define these other macros: 1150 1151 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR 1152 CONFIG_VIDEO 1153 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE 1154 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR 1155 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE 1156 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO 1157 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO 1158 1159 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment 1160 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during 1161 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a 1162 description of this variable. 1163 1164- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD 1165 1166 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD 1167 display); also select one of the supported displays 1168 by defining one of these: 1169 1170 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD: 1171 1172 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320. 1173 1174 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33: 1175 1176 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan. 1177 1178 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20 1179 1180 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480. 1181 Active, color, single scan. 1182 1183 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54 1184 1185 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480. 1186 Active, color, single scan. 1187 1188 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9 1189 1190 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan. 1191 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is. 1192 1193 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341 1194 1195 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480. 1196 Active, color, single scan. 1197 1198 CONFIG_HLD1045 1199 1200 HLD1045 display, 640x480. 1201 Active, color, single scan. 1202 1203 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW 1204 1205 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5 1206 or 1207 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T 1208 or 1209 Hitachi SP14Q002 1210 1211 320x240. Black & white. 1212 1213 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT 1214 1215 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is 1216 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead. 1217 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE 1218 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on 1219 a per-section basis. 1220 1221 1222 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION 1223 1224 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait 1225 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree, 1226 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the 1227 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are 1228 printed out. 1229 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be 1230 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of 1231 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code. 1232 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to 1233 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline): 1234 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree 1235 1 = 90 degree rotation 1236 2 = 180 degree rotation 1237 3 = 270 degree rotation 1238 1239 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be 1240 initialized with 0degree rotation. 1241 1242 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8 1243 1244 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD. 1245 1246 CONFIG_I2C_EDID 1247 1248 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID 1249 information over I2C from an attached LCD display. 1250 1251- MII/PHY support: 1252 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx) 1253 1254 The clock frequency of the MII bus 1255 1256 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY 1257 1258 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1259 reset before any MII register access is possible. 1260 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay 1261 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A) 1262 1263 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx) 1264 1265 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after 1266 command issued before MII status register can be read 1267 1268- IP address: 1269 CONFIG_IPADDR 1270 1271 Define a default value for the IP address to use for 1272 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not 1273 determined through e.g. bootp. 1274 (Environment variable "ipaddr") 1275 1276- Server IP address: 1277 CONFIG_SERVERIP 1278 1279 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP 1280 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. 1281 (Environment variable "serverip") 1282 1283 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR 1284 1285 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr' 1286 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option) 1287 1288- Gateway IP address: 1289 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP 1290 1291 Defines a default value for the IP address of the 1292 default router where packets to other networks are 1293 sent to. 1294 (Environment variable "gatewayip") 1295 1296- Subnet mask: 1297 CONFIG_NETMASK 1298 1299 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or 1300 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP 1301 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be 1302 forwarded through a router. 1303 (Environment variable "netmask") 1304 1305- BOOTP Recovery Mode: 1306 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY 1307 1308 If you have many targets in a network that try to 1309 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all 1310 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same 1311 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery 1312 from a power failure, when all systems will try to 1313 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining 1314 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be 1315 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The 1316 following delays are inserted then: 1317 1318 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec 1319 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec 1320 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec 1321 4th and following 1322 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec 1323 1324 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE 1325 1326 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The 1327 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and 1328 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of 1329 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses 1330 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP 1331 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to 1332 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it 1333 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that 1334 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order 1335 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these 1336 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of 1337 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this 1338 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding 1339 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers 1340 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency. 1341 1342- DHCP Advanced Options: 1343 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining 1344 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols: 1345 1346 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN 1347 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE 1348 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER 1349 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET 1350 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX 1351 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL 1352 1353 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip 1354 environment variable, not the BOOTP server. 1355 1356 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found 1357 after the configured retry count, the call will fail 1358 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over 1359 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server 1360 is not available. 1361 1362 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY 1363 1364 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between 1365 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request". 1366 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't 1367 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an 1368 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed 1369 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003 1370 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at 1371 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope 1372 that one of the retries will be successful but note that 1373 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than 1374 this delay. 1375 1376 - Link-local IP address negotiation: 1377 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network 1378 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration. 1379 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed 1380 to exist in all environments that the device must operate. 1381 1382 See doc/README.link-local for more information. 1383 1384 - MAC address from environment variables 1385 1386 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV 1387 1388 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from 1389 environment variables. This config work on assumption that 1390 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present 1391 or their status has been marked as "disabled". 1392 1393 - CDP Options: 1394 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID 1395 1396 The device id used in CDP trigger frames. 1397 1398 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX 1399 1400 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address 1401 of the device. 1402 1403 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID 1404 1405 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of 1406 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets 1407 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc. 1408 1409 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES 1410 1411 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 1412 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards. 1413 1414 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION 1415 1416 An ascii string containing the version of the software. 1417 1418 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM 1419 1420 An ascii string containing the name of the platform. 1421 1422 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER 1423 1424 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger. 1425 1426 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION 1427 1428 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the 1429 device in .1 of milliwatts. 1430 1431 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE 1432 1433 A byte containing the id of the VLAN. 1434 1435- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS 1436 1437 Several configurations allow to display the current 1438 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink 1439 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as 1440 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and 1441 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running 1442 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux 1443 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this 1444 feature in U-Boot. 1445 1446 Additional options: 1447 1448 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO 1449 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin. 1450 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a 1451 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO 1452 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary. 1453 1454 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE 1455 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which 1456 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and 1457 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state. 1458 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined 1459 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity. 1460 1461- I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C 1462 1463 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use 1464 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set 1465 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE 1466 for defining speed and slave address 1467 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define 1468 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2 1469 for defining speed and slave address 1470 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define 1471 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3 1472 for defining speed and slave address 1473 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define 1474 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4 1475 for defining speed and slave address 1476 1477 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c: 1478 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL 1479 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register 1480 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and 1481 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first 1482 bus. 1483 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define 1484 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset 1485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and 1486 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the 1487 second bus. 1488 1489 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c: 1490 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA 1491 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from 1492 100000 and the slave addr 0! 1493 1494 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c 1495 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX 1496 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0 1497 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1 1498 1499 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c 1500 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC 1501 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1 1502 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2 1503 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3 1504 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4 1505 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED 1506 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE 1507 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED 1508 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE 1509 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED 1510 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE 1511 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED 1512 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE 1513 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000 1514 for speed, and 0 for slave. 1515 1516 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c: 1517 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR 1518 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses 1519 1520 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c: 1521 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH 1522 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses 1523 1524 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0 1525 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0 1526 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1 1527 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1 1528 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2 1529 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2 1530 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3 1531 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3 1532 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4 1533 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4 1534 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses 1535 1536 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c 1537 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX 1538 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0 1539 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0 1540 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1 1541 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1 1542 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2 1543 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2 1544 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3 1545 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3 1546 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4 1547 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4 1548 1549 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c: 1550 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0 1551 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420 1552 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung) 1553 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0! 1554 1555 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c 1556 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS 1557 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0 1558 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0 1559 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0 1560 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1 1561 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1 1562 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1 1563 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2 1564 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2 1565 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2 1566 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3 1567 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3 1568 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3 1569 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL 1570 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1 1571 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1 1572 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1 1573 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1 1574 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1 1575 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1 1576 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1 1577 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1 1578 1579 additional defines: 1580 1581 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES 1582 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use. 1583 1584 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS 1585 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware. 1586 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can 1587 omit this define. 1588 1589 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS 1590 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected 1591 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this 1592 define. 1593 1594 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES 1595 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if 1596 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example 1597 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and 1598 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9: 1599 1600 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \ 1601 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \ 1602 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \ 1603 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \ 1604 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \ 1605 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \ 1606 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \ 1607 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \ 1608 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \ 1609 } 1610 1611 which defines 1612 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux 1613 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1 1614 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2 1615 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3 1616 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4 1617 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5 1618 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux 1619 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1 1620 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2 1621 1622 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define. 1623 1624- Legacy I2C Support: 1625 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT) 1626 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are 1627 from include/configs/lwmon.h): 1628 1629 I2C_INIT 1630 1631 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C 1632 controller or configure ports. 1633 1634 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL) 1635 1636 I2C_ACTIVE 1637 1638 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active 1639 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this 1640 define can be null. 1641 1642 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA) 1643 1644 I2C_TRISTATE 1645 1646 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated 1647 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this 1648 define can be null. 1649 1650 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA) 1651 1652 I2C_READ 1653 1654 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high, 1655 false if it is low. 1656 1657 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0) 1658 1659 I2C_SDA(bit) 1660 1661 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it 1662 is false, it clears it (low). 1663 1664 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \ 1665 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \ 1666 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA 1667 1668 I2C_SCL(bit) 1669 1670 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it 1671 is false, it clears it (low). 1672 1673 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \ 1674 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \ 1675 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL 1676 1677 I2C_DELAY 1678 1679 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this 1680 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus 1681 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something 1682 like: 1683 1684 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2) 1685 1686 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA 1687 1688 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h), 1689 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be 1690 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will 1691 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate. 1692 1693 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to 1694 the generic GPIO functions. 1695 1696 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD 1697 1698 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer 1699 chips might think that the current transfer is still 1700 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access 1701 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the 1702 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin 1703 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a 1704 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c 1705 is run early in the boot sequence. 1706 1707 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1708 1709 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which 1710 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is 1711 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command. 1712 Note that bus numbering is zero-based. 1713 1714 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES 1715 1716 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped 1717 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1718 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify 1719 a 1D array of device addresses 1720 1721 e.g. 1722 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1723 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68} 1724 1725 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus 1726 1727 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS 1728 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}} 1729 1730 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1 1731 1732 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM 1733 1734 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD. 1735 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0. 1736 1737 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM 1738 1739 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC. 1740 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0. 1741 1742 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START 1743 1744 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in 1745 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start 1746 between writing the address pointer and reading the 1747 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour 1748 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C 1749 devices can use either method, but some require one or 1750 the other. 1751 1752- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI 1753 1754 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with 1755 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and 1756 D/As on the SACSng board) 1757 1758 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI 1759 1760 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than 1761 using hardware support. This is a general purpose 1762 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins 1763 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is 1764 defined, the board configuration must define several 1765 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For 1766 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h. 1767 1768 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT 1769 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed. 1770 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */ 1771 1772- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA 1773 1774 Enables FPGA subsystem. 1775 1776 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor> 1777 1778 Enables support for specific chip vendors. 1779 (ALTERA, XILINX) 1780 1781 CONFIG_FPGA_<family> 1782 1783 Enables support for FPGA family. 1784 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX) 1785 1786 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT 1787 1788 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support. 1789 1790 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK 1791 1792 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration. 1793 1794 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY 1795 1796 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy 1797 status by the configuration function. This option 1798 will require a board or device specific function to 1799 be written. 1800 1801 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY 1802 1803 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA 1804 configuration driver. 1805 1806 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC 1807 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration 1808 1809 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR 1810 1811 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile 1812 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II 1813 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which 1814 indicated a CRC error). 1815 1816 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT 1817 1818 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert 1819 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II 1820 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 1821 ms. 1822 1823 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY 1824 1825 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during 1826 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms. 1827 1828 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG 1829 1830 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is 1831 200 ms. 1832 1833- Configuration Management: 1834 1835 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 1836 1837 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot 1838 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION) 1839 1840- Vendor Parameter Protection: 1841 1842 U-Boot considers the values of the environment 1843 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and 1844 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that 1845 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and 1846 protects these variables from casual modification by 1847 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only, 1848 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can 1849 change this behaviour: 1850 1851 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config 1852 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is 1853 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete 1854 these parameters. 1855 1856 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the 1857 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default 1858 Ethernet address is installed in the environment, 1859 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The 1860 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains 1861 read-only.] 1862 1863 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way 1864 for any variable by configuring the type of access 1865 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable 1866 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC. 1867 1868- Protected RAM: 1869 CONFIG_PRAM 1870 1871 Define this variable to enable the reservation of 1872 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten 1873 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of 1874 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite 1875 this default value by defining an environment 1876 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to 1877 reserve. Note that the board info structure will 1878 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is 1879 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will 1880 automatically be defined to hold the amount of 1881 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot 1882 argument to Linux, for instance like that: 1883 1884 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem} 1885 saveenv 1886 1887 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory, 1888 either, which results in a memory region that will 1889 not be affected by reboots. 1890 1891 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic 1892 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that 1893 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the 1894 following board configurations are known to be 1895 "pRAM-clean": 1896 1897 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, 1898 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, 1899 FLAGADM 1900 1901- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB) 1902 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not 1903 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures 1904 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit 1905 machines using physical address extension or similar. 1906 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which 1907 currently only supports clearing the memory. 1908 1909- Error Recovery: 1910 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT 1911 1912 This variable defines the number of retries for 1913 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP 1914 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a 1915 default value of 5 is used. 1916 1917 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT 1918 1919 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds. 1920 1921 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 1922 1923 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol. 1924 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command, 1925 try longer timeout such as 1926 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL 1927 1928- Command Interpreter: 1929 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2 1930 1931 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is 1932 printed when the command interpreter needs more input 1933 to complete a command. Usually "> ". 1934 1935 Note: 1936 1937 In the current implementation, the local variables 1938 space and global environment variables space are 1939 separated. Local variables are those you define by 1940 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local 1941 variable later on, you have write `$name' or 1942 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable 1943 directly type `$name' at the command prompt. 1944 1945 Global environment variables are those you use 1946 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored 1947 in such a variable, you need to use the run command, 1948 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them. 1949 1950 To store commands and special characters in a 1951 variable, please use double quotation marks 1952 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead 1953 of the backslashes before semicolons and special 1954 symbols. 1955 1956- Command Line Editing and History: 1957 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT 1958 1959 Enable support for changing the command prompt string 1960 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far. 1961 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1 1962 and PS2. 1963 1964- Default Environment: 1965 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS 1966 1967 Define this to contain any number of null terminated 1968 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of 1969 the default environment compiled into the boot image. 1970 1971 For example, place something like this in your 1972 board's config file: 1973 1974 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ 1975 "myvar1=value1\0" \ 1976 "myvar2=value2\0" 1977 1978 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the 1979 internal format how the environment is stored by the 1980 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported 1981 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format 1982 will change soon, there is no guarantee either. 1983 You better know what you are doing here. 1984 1985 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is 1986 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset 1987 the environment like the "source" command or the 1988 boot command first. 1989 1990 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT 1991 1992 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is 1993 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits 1994 that so that the environment is not available until 1995 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL 1996 this is instead controlled by the value of 1997 /config/load-environment. 1998 1999- TFTP Fixed UDP Port: 2000 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2001 2002 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp 2003 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value. 2004 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port 2005 number generator is used. 2006 2007 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply 2008 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't 2009 defined, the normal port 69 is used. 2010 2011 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to 2012 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured 2013 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of 2014 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing 2015 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally. 2016 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, 2017 but sometimes that is not allowed. 2018 2019 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR 2020 2021 This option defines a board specific value for the 2022 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus 2023 overwriting the architecture dependent default 2024 settings. 2025 2026- Frame Buffer Address: 2027 CONFIG_FB_ADDR 2028 2029 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific 2030 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case 2031 when using a graphics controller has separate video 2032 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at 2033 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it 2034 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs 2035 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the 2036 configured panel size. 2037 2038 Please see board_init_f function. 2039 2040- Automatic software updates via TFTP server 2041 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP 2042 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX 2043 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX 2044 2045 These options enable and control the auto-update feature; 2046 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update. 2047 2048- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support) 2049 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD 2050 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest 2051 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks 2052 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing 2053 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase 2054 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter. 2055 2056 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and 2057 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more. 2058 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock 2059 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g., 2060 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2). 2061 2062 default: 4096 2063 2064 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT 2065 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI 2066 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the 2067 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR 2068 flash), this value is ignored. 2069 2070 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM 2071 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime. 2072 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks 2073 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)", 2074 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total 2075 count of eraseblocks on the chip). 2076 2077 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to 2078 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks 2079 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire 2080 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means 2081 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad 2082 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same 2083 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a 2084 partition. 2085 2086 default: 20 2087 2088 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP 2089 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device 2090 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it 2091 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device. 2092 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach 2093 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where 2094 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install 2095 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter 2096 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note 2097 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations 2098 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap 2099 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps. 2100 2101 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT 2102 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images 2103 without a fastmap. 2104 default: 0 2105 2106 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG 2107 Enable UBI fastmap debug 2108 default: 0 2109 2110- SPL framework 2111 CONFIG_SPL 2112 Enable building of SPL globally. 2113 2114 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT 2115 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary. 2116 2117 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT 2118 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included. 2119 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory 2120 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it. 2121 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE 2122 must not be both defined at the same time. 2123 2124 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE 2125 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and 2126 linker lists sections), BSS excluded. 2127 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does 2128 not exceed it. 2129 2130 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE 2131 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to 2132 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done). 2133 2134 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR 2135 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary. 2136 2137 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE 2138 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS. 2139 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used 2140 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it. 2141 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE 2142 must not be both defined at the same time. 2143 2144 CONFIG_SPL_STACK 2145 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use 2146 2147 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE 2148 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has 2149 loaded does not have a signature. 2150 Defining this is useful when code which loads images 2151 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors 2152 will be caught. 2153 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will 2154 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad, 2155 and thus should be skipped silently. 2156 2157 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK 2158 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after 2159 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to 2160 CONFIG_SPL_STACK. 2161 2162 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START 2163 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL. 2164 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and 2165 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc() 2166 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined. 2167 2168 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE 2169 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL. 2170 2171 CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT 2172 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL. 2173 See also: doc/README.falcon 2174 2175 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT 2176 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information 2177 about the running system. 2178 2179 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL 2180 Arch init code should be built for a very small image 2181 2182 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION 2183 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being 2184 used in raw mode 2185 2186 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR 2187 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being 2188 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode) 2189 2190 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR, 2191 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS 2192 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument 2193 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode 2194 (for falcon mode) 2195 2196 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME 2197 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem 2198 2199 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME 2200 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading 2201 from filesystem (for Falcon mode) 2202 2203 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME 2204 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters 2205 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode) 2206 2207 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND 2208 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that 2209 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before 2210 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just 2211 loading the first page rather than the full 4K). 2212 2213 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE 2214 Avoid SPL relocation 2215 2216 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT 2217 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash. 2218 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE. 2219 2220 CONFIG_SPL_UBI 2221 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and 2222 loader 2223 2224 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY 2225 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only 2226 if you need to save space. 2227 2228 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR 2229 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in 2230 SPL binary. 2231 2232 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT, 2233 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE, 2234 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS, 2235 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE, 2236 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES 2237 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses 2238 to read U-Boot 2239 2240 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS 2241 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from 2242 2243 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST 2244 Location in memory to load U-Boot to 2245 2246 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE 2247 Size of image to load 2248 2249 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START 2250 Entry point in loaded image to jump to 2251 2252 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST 2253 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the 2254 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms. 2255 2256 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE 2257 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary 2258 2259 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO 2260 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending 2261 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as 2262 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined. 2263 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL 2264 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE. 2265 2266 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET 2267 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs 2268 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for 2269 example if more than one image needs to be produced. 2270 2271 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT 2272 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of 2273 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this 2274 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the 2275 bootm command when booting a FIT image. 2276 2277- TPL framework 2278 CONFIG_TPL 2279 Enable building of TPL globally. 2280 2281 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO 2282 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending 2283 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as 2284 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined. 2285 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL 2286 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE. 2287 2288- Interrupt support (PPC): 2289 2290 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt() 2291 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu() 2292 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu() 2293 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If 2294 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt 2295 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero. 2296 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU 2297 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led 2298 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from 2299 general timer_interrupt(). 2300 2301 2302Board initialization settings: 2303------------------------------ 2304 2305During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions 2306to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup 2307before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the 2308following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is 2309architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c 2310typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r(). 2311 2312- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f() 2313- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r() 2314- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init() 2315- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init() 2316 2317Configuration Settings: 2318----------------------- 2319 2320- MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit. 2321 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands. 2322 2323- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; 2324 undefine this when you're short of memory. 2325 2326- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default 2327 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output. 2328 2329- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to 2330 prompt for user input. 2331 2332- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console 2333 2334- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output 2335 2336- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands 2337 2338- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to 2339 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is 2340 booted 2341 2342- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE: 2343 List of legal baudrate settings for this board. 2344 2345- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE 2346 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now. 2347 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory 2348 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS. 2349 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable 2350 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems 2351 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks, 2352 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address. 2353 2354- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE: 2355 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header, 2356 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top 2357 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By 2358 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed 2359 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either. 2360 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux 2361 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that 2362 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup 2363 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally. 2364 2365 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx 2366 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't 2367 be touched. 2368 2369 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of 2370 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case, 2371 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a 2372 non page size aligned address and this could cause major 2373 problems. 2374 2375- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: 2376 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download 2377 2378- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE: 2379 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here. 2380 2381- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE: 2382 Physical start address of Flash memory. 2383 2384- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE: 2385 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by 2386 make config files to be same as the text base address 2387 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as 2388 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash. 2389 2390- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN: 2391 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to 2392 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is 2393 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate 2394 flash sector. 2395 2396- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN: 2397 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use. 2398 2399- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN 2400 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If 2401 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation 2402 will become available before relocation. The address is just 2403 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make 2404 space. 2405 2406 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses 2407 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc() 2408 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing. 2409 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when 2410 U-Boot relocates itself. 2411 2412- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE 2413 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those 2414 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is 2415 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START). 2416 2417- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY: 2418 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be 2419 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped 2420 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would 2421 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For 2422 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the 2423 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed 2424 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding 2425 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e. 2426 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the 2427 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of 2428 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has 2429 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can 2430 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for 2431 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g. 2432 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes). 2433 2434 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present. 2435 2436- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN: 2437 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an 2438 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough, 2439 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file 2440 to adjust this setting to your needs. 2441 2442- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ: 2443 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of 2444 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by 2445 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if 2446 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low" 2447 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case 2448 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low" 2449 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment 2450 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of 2451 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined, 2452 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead. 2453 2454- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH: 2455 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the 2456 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand 2457 is enabled. 2458 2459- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE: 2460 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between 2461 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ. 2462 2463- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD: 2464 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in 2465 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ. 2466 2467- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS: 2468 Max number of Flash memory banks 2469 2470- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT: 2471 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip 2472 2473- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT: 2474 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms) 2475 2476- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT: 2477 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms) 2478 2479- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT 2480 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms) 2481 2482- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT 2483 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms) 2484 2485- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION 2486 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used 2487 instead of U-Boot software protection. 2488 2489- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP: 2490 2491 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory; 2492 without this option such a download has to be 2493 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2) 2494 copy from RAM to flash. 2495 2496 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since 2497 you can check if the download worked before you erase 2498 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is 2499 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the 2500 downloaded image) this option may be very useful. 2501 2502- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI: 2503 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the 2504 common flash structure for storing flash geometry. 2505 2506- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER 2507 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver 2508 in the drivers directory 2509 2510- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD 2511 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver 2512 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash 2513 to the MTD layer. 2514 2515- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE 2516 Use buffered writes to flash. 2517 2518- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N 2519 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered 2520 write commands. 2521 2522- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST 2523 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't 2524 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This 2525 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only 2526 optionally available. 2527 2528- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS 2529 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown 2530 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80 2531 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays. 2532 2533- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY 2534 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared 2535 against the source after the write operation. An error message 2536 will be printed when the contents are not identical. 2537 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases, 2538 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier 2539 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable 2540 this option if you really know what you are doing. 2541 2542- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER: 2543 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some 2544 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value 2545 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all 2546 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface 2547 on high Ethernet traffic. 2548 Defaults to 4 if not defined. 2549 2550- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES 2551 2552 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used 2553 internally to store the environment settings. The default 2554 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most 2555 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see 2556 lib/hashtable.c for details. 2557 2558- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT 2559- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC 2560 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when 2561 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal, 2562 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined, 2563 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address. 2564 2565 The format of the list is: 2566 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m] 2567 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c] 2568 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute] 2569 entry = variable_name[:attributes] 2570 list = entry[,list] 2571 2572 The type attributes are: 2573 s - String (default) 2574 d - Decimal 2575 x - Hexadecimal 2576 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF]) 2577 i - IP address 2578 m - MAC address 2579 2580 The access attributes are: 2581 a - Any (default) 2582 r - Read-only 2583 o - Write-once 2584 c - Change-default 2585 2586 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT 2587 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags" 2588 environment variable in the default or embedded environment. 2589 2590 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC 2591 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that 2592 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags" 2593 environment variable. To override a setting in the static 2594 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the 2595 ".flags" variable. 2596 2597 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a 2598 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same 2599 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable. 2600 2601The following definitions that deal with the placement and management 2602of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the 2603following configurations: 2604 2605- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC: 2606 2607 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils 2608 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images. 2609 2610BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early 2611in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the 2612console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or 2613U-Boot will hang. 2614 2615Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the 2616environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to 2617keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" 2618to save the current settings. 2619 2620BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use 2621"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the 2622environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link, 2623but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface. 2624 2625- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST 2626 2627 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the 2628 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to 2629 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE. 2630 2631Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor 2632has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been 2633created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f() 2634until then to read environment variables. 2635 2636The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor 2637is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working 2638with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is 2639necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the 2640"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't 2641have any device yet where we could complain.] 2642 2643Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if 2644the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you 2645use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. 2646 2647- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN: 2648 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED. 2649 2650 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR 2651 also needs to be defined. 2652 2653- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR: 2654 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state. 2655 2656- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS: 2657 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init 2658 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at 2659 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving 2660 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not 2661 limited to NAND_SPL configurations. 2662 2663- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO 2664 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on 2665 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called 2666 to do this. 2667 2668- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE 2669 Similar to the previous option, but display this information 2670 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if 2671 present. 2672 2673- CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT: 2674 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the 2675 build system checks that the actual size does not 2676 exceed it. 2677 2678Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: 2679--------------------------------------------------- 2680 2681- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE: 2682 Cache Line Size of the CPU. 2683 2684- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT: 2685 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale 2686 PowerPC SOCs. 2687 2688- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR: 2689 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically 2690 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. 2691 2692- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS: 2693 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new 2694 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should 2695 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the 2696 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR 2697 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended 2698 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros: 2699 2700 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH 2701 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW) 2702 2703- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH: 2704 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically 2705 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is 2706 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or 2707 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL"). 2708 2709- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW: 2710 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is 2711 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or 2712 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL"). 2713 2714- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE: 2715 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be 2716 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated. 2717 2718- CONFIG_IDE_AHB: 2719 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI 2720 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface. 2721 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to 2722 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional 2723 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller 2724 is required. 2725 2726- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. 2727 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're 2728 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only] 2729 2730- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR: 2731 2732 Start address of memory area that can be used for 2733 initial data and stack; please note that this must be 2734 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special 2735 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which 2736 will become available only after programming the 2737 memory controller and running certain initialization 2738 sequences. 2739 2740 U-Boot uses the following memory types: 2741 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU) 2742 2743- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET: 2744 2745 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory 2746 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually 2747 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial 2748 data is located at the end of the available space 2749 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE - 2750 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just 2751 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR + 2752 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward. 2753 2754 Note: 2755 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data 2756 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for 2757 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must 2758 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between 2759 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space. 2760 2761- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27) 2762 2763- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: 2764 SDRAM timing 2765 2766- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA: 2767 periodic timer for refresh 2768 2769- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM, 2770 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP, 2771 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM, 2772 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM: 2773 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH) 2774 2775- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE, 2776 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM, 2777 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM: 2778 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM) 2779 2780- CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY 2781 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses. 2782 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or 2783 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it 2784 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted 2785 by coreboot or similar. 2786 2787- CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE: 2788 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges. 2789 2790- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO: 2791 Chip has SRIO or not 2792 2793- CONFIG_SRIO1: 2794 Board has SRIO 1 port available 2795 2796- CONFIG_SRIO2: 2797 Board has SRIO 2 port available 2798 2799- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER 2800 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE 2801 2802- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT: 2803 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region 2804 2805- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS: 2806 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region 2807 2808- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE: 2809 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region 2810 2811- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT 2812 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using 2813 a 16 bit bus. 2814 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol. 2815 Example of drivers that use it: 2816 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c 2817 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c 2818 2819- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG 2820 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined 2821 a default value will be used. 2822 2823- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM 2824 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common 2825 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs 2826 2827 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS 2828 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM 2829 2830- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM 2831 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first 2832 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve 2833 to something your driver can deal with. 2834 2835- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING 2836 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with 2837 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing 2838 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into 2839 header files or board specific files. 2840 2841- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE 2842 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr. 2843 2844- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH 2845 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers. 2846 2847- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST 2848 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers. 2849 2850- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0 2851 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should 2852 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3. 2853 2854- CONFIG_RMII 2855 Enable RMII mode for all FECs. 2856 Note that this is a global option, we can't 2857 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode. 2858 2859- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY 2860 Add a verify option to the crc32 command. 2861 The syntax is: 2862 2863 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32> 2864 2865 Where address/count indicate a memory area 2866 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the 2867 area should have. 2868 2869- CONFIG_LOOPW 2870 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if 2871 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY). 2872 2873- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC 2874 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic 2875 "md/mw" commands. 2876 Examples: 2877 2878 => mdc.b 10 4 500 2879 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms. 2880 2881 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10 2882 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms. 2883 2884 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated 2885 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY). 2886 2887- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT 2888 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS, RISC-V only] If this variable is defined, then certain 2889 low level initializations (like setting up the memory 2890 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not 2891 relocate itself into RAM. 2892 2893 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only 2894 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some 2895 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs 2896 these initializations itself. 2897 2898- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY 2899 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init() 2900 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the 2901 instruction cache) is still performed. 2902 2903- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD 2904 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact 2905 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot 2906 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check 2907 this. 2908 2909- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD 2910 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact 2911 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot 2912 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check 2913 this. 2914 2915- CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC 2916 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section 2917 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the 2918 previous 4k of the .text section. 2919 2920- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM 2921 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses 2922 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard 2923 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated 2924 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since 2925 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all 2926 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses 2927 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem(). 2928 2929- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR 2930 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not 2931 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot. 2932 2933- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE 2934 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver 2935 driver that uses this: 2936 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c 2937 2938Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support: 2939----------------------------------- 2940 2941The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the 2942loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format. 2943This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros 2944are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address 2945within that device. 2946 2947- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR 2948 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The 2949 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro 2950 is also specified. 2951 2952- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR 2953 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The 2954 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro 2955 is also specified. 2956 2957- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH 2958 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format 2959 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it 2960 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some 2961 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first. 2962 2963- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR 2964 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as 2965 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the 2966 virtual address in NOR flash. 2967 2968- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND 2969 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash. 2970 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash. 2971 2972- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC 2973 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC 2974 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device. 2975 2976- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE 2977 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master) 2978 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which 2979 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound 2980 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in 2981 master's memory space. 2982 2983Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support: 2984--------------------------------------------------------- 2985The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of 2986"firmware". 2987This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros 2988are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address 2989within that device. 2990 2991- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET 2992 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs. 2993 2994Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support: 2995------------------------------------------- 2996The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of 2997"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom. 2998This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting. 2999 3000- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3001 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires 3002 3003Reproducible builds 3004------------------- 3005 3006In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build 3007process have to be set to a fixed value. 3008 3009This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable. 3010SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration 3011option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot. 3012 3013SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC. 3014 3015Building the Software: 3016====================== 3017 3018Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments 3019and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support 3020all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all 3021(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we 3022recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK) 3023which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot. 3024 3025If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you 3026have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case, 3027you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell. 3028Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are 3029necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter: 3030 3031 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx- 3032 $ export CROSS_COMPILE 3033 3034U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the 3035sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This 3036is done by typing: 3037 3038 make NAME_defconfig 3039 3040where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu- 3041rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names. 3042 3043Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if 3044 additional information is available from the board vendor; for 3045 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) 3046 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" 3047 when choosing the configuration, i. e. 3048 3049 make TQM823L_defconfig 3050 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support 3051 3052 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig 3053 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD 3054 3055 etc. 3056 3057 3058Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot 3059images ready for download to / installation on your system: 3060 3061- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image 3062- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format 3063- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format 3064 3065By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved 3066in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change 3067this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory: 3068 30691. Add O= to the make command line invocations: 3070 3071 make O=/tmp/build distclean 3072 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig 3073 make O=/tmp/build all 3074 30752. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location: 3076 3077 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build 3078 make distclean 3079 make NAME_defconfig 3080 make all 3081 3082Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment 3083variable. 3084 3085User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by 3086setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS. 3087For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors: 3088 3089 make KCFLAGS=-Werror 3090 3091Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so 3092for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of 3093native "make". 3094 3095 3096If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need 3097to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these 3098steps: 3099 31001. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any 3101 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least 3102 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c". 31032. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for 3104 your board. 31053. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new 3106 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need. 31074. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name. 31085. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file 3109 to be installed on your target system. 31106. Debug and solve any problems that might arise. 3111 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.] 3112 3113 3114Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.: 3115============================================================== 3116 3117If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board 3118or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to 3119provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes 3120the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest 3121official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources. 3122 3123But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- 3124cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of 3125the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, 3126just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will 3127configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this 3128will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H' 3129for documentation. 3130 3131 3132See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below. 3133 3134 3135Monitor Commands - Overview: 3136============================ 3137 3138go - start application at address 'addr' 3139run - run commands in an environment variable 3140bootm - boot application image from memory 3141bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol 3142bootz - boot zImage from memory 3143tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol 3144 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" 3145 (and eventually "gatewayip") 3146tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol 3147rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol 3148diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' 3149loads - load S-Record file over serial line 3150loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) 3151md - memory display 3152mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) 3153nm - memory modify (constant address) 3154mw - memory write (fill) 3155ms - memory search 3156cp - memory copy 3157cmp - memory compare 3158crc32 - checksum calculation 3159i2c - I2C sub-system 3160sspi - SPI utility commands 3161base - print or set address offset 3162printenv- print environment variables 3163setenv - set environment variables 3164saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage 3165protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection 3166erase - erase FLASH memory 3167flinfo - print FLASH memory information 3168nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand) 3169bdinfo - print Board Info structure 3170iminfo - print header information for application image 3171coninfo - print console devices and informations 3172ide - IDE sub-system 3173loop - infinite loop on address range 3174loopw - infinite write loop on address range 3175mtest - simple RAM test 3176icache - enable or disable instruction cache 3177dcache - enable or disable data cache 3178reset - Perform RESET of the CPU 3179echo - echo args to console 3180version - print monitor version 3181help - print online help 3182? - alias for 'help' 3183 3184 3185Monitor Commands - Detailed Description: 3186======================================== 3187 3188TODO. 3189 3190For now: just type "help <command>". 3191 3192 3193Environment Variables: 3194====================== 3195 3196U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which 3197can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory. 3198 3199Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using 3200"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv" 3201without a value can be used to delete a variable from the 3202environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are 3203working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the 3204environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided. 3205 3206Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables. 3207 3208List of environment variables (most likely not complete): 3209 3210 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE 3211 3212 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY 3213 3214 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND 3215 3216 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image 3217 3218 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP 3219 3220 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm 3221 command can be restricted. This variable is given as 3222 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed 3223 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size" 3224 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is 3225 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux 3226 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and 3227 bootm_mapsize. 3228 3229 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel. 3230 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it 3231 defines the size of the memory region starting at base 3232 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel 3233 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used 3234 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is 3235 used otherwise. 3236 3237 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm 3238 command can be restricted. This variable is given as 3239 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region 3240 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low" 3241 environment variable. 3242 3243 bootstopkeysha256, bootdelaykey, bootstopkey - See README.autoboot 3244 3245 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used 3246 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to 3247 documentation in doc/README.update for more details. 3248 3249 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'), 3250 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the 3251 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to 3252 load any image using TFTP 3253 3254 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp", 3255 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will 3256 be automatically started (by internally calling 3257 "bootm") 3258 3259 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the 3260 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address 3261 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started. 3262 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary 3263 data. 3264 3265 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the 3266 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot. 3267 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory 3268 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel 3269 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you 3270 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the 3271 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address 3272 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can 3273 access it during the boot procedure. 3274 3275 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then 3276 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this 3277 to work it must reside in writable memory, have 3278 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to 3279 add the information it needs into it, and the memory 3280 must be accessible by the kernel. 3281 3282 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened 3283 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is 3284 defined. 3285 3286 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only) 3287 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast 3288 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in 3289 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective 3290 it must be saved and board must be reset. 3291 3292 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images: 3293 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be 3294 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this 3295 is usually what you want since it allows for 3296 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to 3297 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the 3298 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment 3299 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0". 3300 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper 3301 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it 3302 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data). 3303 3304 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB 3305 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux, 3306 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of 3307 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make 3308 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first 3309 12 MB as well - this can be done with 3310 3311 setenv initrd_high 00c00000 3312 3313 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an 3314 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal 3315 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash 3316 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the 3317 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the 3318 boot time on your system, but requires that this 3319 feature is supported by your Linux kernel. 3320 3321 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command 3322 3323 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp", 3324 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot" 3325 3326 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO 3327 3328 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command 3329 3330 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME 3331 3332 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR 3333 3334 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR 3335 3336 ethprime - controls which interface is used first. 3337 3338 ethact - controls which interface is currently active. 3339 For example you can do the following 3340 3341 => setenv ethact FEC 3342 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC 3343 => setenv ethact SCC 3344 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC 3345 3346 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all 3347 available network interfaces. 3348 It just stays at the currently selected interface. 3349 3350 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will 3351 either succeed or fail without retrying. 3352 When set to "once" the network operation will 3353 fail when all the available network interfaces 3354 are tried once without success. 3355 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation 3356 themselves. 3357 3358 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode 3359 3360 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by 3361 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be 3362 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If 3363 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console 3364 is silent. 3365 3366 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 3367 UDP source port. 3368 3369 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP 3370 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69. 3371 3372 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set, 3373 we use the TFTP server's default block size 3374 3375 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli- 3376 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines 3377 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to 3378 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds. 3379 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed 3380 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or 3381 with unreliable TFTP servers. 3382 3383 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no 3384 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts 3385 can happen during a single file transfer before that 3386 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means 3387 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help 3388 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with 3389 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware. 3390 3391 tftpwindowsize - if this is set, the value is used for TFTP's 3392 window size as described by RFC 7440. 3393 This means the count of blocks we can receive before 3394 sending ack to server. 3395 3396 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over 3397 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q 3398 VLAN tagged frames. 3399 3400 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries. 3401 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will 3402 be either the default (28000), or a value based on 3403 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has 3404 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT. 3405 3406 memmatches - Number of matches found by the last 'ms' command, in hex 3407 3408 memaddr - Address of the last match found by the 'ms' command, in hex, 3409 or 0 if none 3410 3411 mempos - Index position of the last match found by the 'ms' command, 3412 in units of the size (.b, .w, .l) of the search 3413 3414 zbootbase - (x86 only) Base address of the bzImage 'setup' block 3415 3416 zbootaddr - (x86 only) Address of the loaded bzImage, typically 3417 BZIMAGE_LOAD_ADDR which is 0x100000 3418 3419The following image location variables contain the location of images 3420used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is 3421not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment 3422variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP 3423server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be 3424loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR 3425flash or offset in NAND flash. 3426 3427*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some 3428boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some 3429boards use these variables for other purposes. 3430 3431Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location 3432----- --------- ----------- -------------- 3433u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr 3434Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr 3435device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr 3436ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr 3437 3438The following environment variables may be used and automatically 3439updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"), 3440depending the information provided by your boot server: 3441 3442 bootfile - see above 3443 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server 3444 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server 3445 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use 3446 hostname - Target hostname 3447 ipaddr - see above 3448 netmask - Subnet Mask 3449 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server 3450 serverip - see above 3451 3452 3453There are two special Environment Variables: 3454 3455 serial# - contains hardware identification information such 3456 as type string and/or serial number 3457 ethaddr - Ethernet address 3458 3459These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of 3460the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables 3461once they have been set once. 3462 3463 3464Further special Environment Variables: 3465 3466 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed 3467 with the "version" command. This variable is 3468 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE). 3469 3470 3471Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take 3472only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). 3473 3474 3475Callback functions for environment variables: 3476--------------------------------------------- 3477 3478For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change 3479when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to 3480be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or 3481deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side 3482effect to happen or for the change to be rejected. 3483 3484The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the 3485U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code. 3486 3487These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The 3488static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC 3489in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of 3490associations. The list must be in the following format: 3491 3492 entry = variable_name[:callback_name] 3493 list = entry[,list] 3494 3495If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted. 3496Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list. 3497 3498Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable 3499with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will 3500override any association in the static list. You can define 3501CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the 3502".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment. 3503 3504If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a 3505regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to 3506the same callback without explicitly listing them all out. 3507 3508The signature of the callback functions is: 3509 3510 int callback(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op, int flags) 3511 3512* name - changed environment variable 3513* value - new value of the environment variable 3514* op - operation (create, overwrite, or delete) 3515* flags - attributes of the environment variable change, see flags H_* in 3516 include/search.h 3517 3518The return value is 0 if the variable change is accepted and 1 otherwise. 3519 3520Command Line Parsing: 3521===================== 3522 3523There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot: 3524the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell: 3525 3526Old, simple command line parser: 3527-------------------------------- 3528 3529- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands) 3530- several commands on one line, separated by ';' 3531- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax 3532- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\', 3533 for example: 3534 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address} 3535- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example: 3536 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off' 3537 3538Hush shell: 3539----------- 3540 3541- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like 3542 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done, 3543 until...do...done, ... 3544- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv 3545 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax 3546 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run" 3547 command 3548 3549General rules: 3550-------------- 3551 3552(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run" 3553 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and 3554 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be 3555 executed anyway. 3556 3557(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e. 3558 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing 3559 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining 3560 variables are not executed. 3561 3562Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces: 3563======================================= 3564 3565Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports 3566such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a 3567"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows: 3568 3569Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding 3570MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), 3571"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ... 3572 3573If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance 3574in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- 3575ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment 3576variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means: 3577 3578o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the 3579 environment, the SROM's address is used. 3580 3581o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the 3582 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is 3583 used. 3584 3585o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and 3586 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used. 3587 3588o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the 3589 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a 3590 warning is printed. 3591 3592o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error 3593 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case 3594 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used. 3595 3596If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses 3597will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This 3598may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable. 3599The naming convention is as follows: 3600"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc. 3601 3602Image Formats: 3603============== 3604 3605U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on) 3606images in two formats: 3607 3608New uImage format (FIT) 3609----------------------- 3610 3611Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar 3612to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple 3613components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by 3614SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory. 3615 3616 3617Old uImage format 3618----------------- 3619 3620Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything, 3621preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for 3622details; basically, the header defines the following image properties: 3623 3624* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 3625 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, 3626 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY; 3627 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS, 3628 INTEGRITY). 3629* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, 3630 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; 3631 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC). 3632* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2) 3633* Load Address 3634* Entry Point 3635* Image Name 3636* Image Timestamp 3637 3638The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header 3639and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by 3640CRC32 checksums. 3641 3642 3643Linux Support: 3644============== 3645 3646Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application 3647easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of 3648U-Boot. 3649 3650U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some 3651special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any 3652"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; 3653instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation 3654serves several purposes: 3655 3656- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone 3657 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the 3658 Flash memory footprint) 3659 3660- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because 3661 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot 3662 3663- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" 3664 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can 3665 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't 3666 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just 3667 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the 3668 software is easier now. 3669 3670 3671Linux HOWTO: 3672============ 3673 3674Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems: 3675--------------------------------------- 3676 3677U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to 3678configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware 3679(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to 3680Linux :-). 3681 3682But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot). 3683 3684Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance 3685include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board 3686Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h, 3687and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value 3688as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR. 3689 3690Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers. 3691If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there 3692is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See 3693doc/driver-model. 3694 3695 3696Configuring the Linux kernel: 3697----------------------------- 3698 3699No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root 3700device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system. 3701 3702 3703Building a Linux Image: 3704----------------------- 3705 3706With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are 3707not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target 3708"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by 3709U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, 3710which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 3711100% compatible format. 3712 3713Example: 3714 3715 make TQM850L_defconfig 3716 make oldconfig 3717 make dep 3718 make uImage 3719 3720The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to 3721encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, 3722CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing: 3723 3724* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format): 3725 3726* convert the kernel into a raw binary image: 3727 3728 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ 3729 -R .note -R .comment \ 3730 -S vmlinux linux.bin 3731 3732* compress the binary image: 3733 3734 gzip -9 linux.bin 3735 3736* package compressed binary image for U-Boot: 3737 3738 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ 3739 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ 3740 -d linux.bin.gz uImage 3741 3742 3743The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use 3744with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or 3745combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 3746byte header containing information about target architecture, 3747operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time 3748stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc. 3749 3750"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and 3751print the header information, or to build new images. 3752 3753In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information 3754contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes 3755checksum verification: 3756 3757 tools/mkimage -l image 3758 -l ==> list image header information 3759 3760The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image 3761from a "data file" which is used as image payload: 3762 3763 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \ 3764 -n name -d data_file image 3765 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch' 3766 -O ==> set operating system to 'os' 3767 -T ==> set image type to 'type' 3768 -C ==> set compression type 'comp' 3769 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex) 3770 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex) 3771 -n ==> set image name to 'name' 3772 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile' 3773 3774Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load 3775address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the 3776kernel version: 3777 3778- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C, 3779- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000. 3780 3781So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read: 3782 3783 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 3784 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \ 3785 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \ 3786 > examples/uImage.TQM850L 3787 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 3788 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 3789 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3790 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 3791 Load Address: 0x00000000 3792 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3793 3794To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption): 3795 3796 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L 3797 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 3798 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 3799 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3800 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB 3801 Load Address: 0x00000000 3802 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3803 3804NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade 3805speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this 3806needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not 3807need to be uncompressed: 3808 3809 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz 3810 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \ 3811 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \ 3812 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \ 3813 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed 3814 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L 3815 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000 3816 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed) 3817 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB 3818 Load Address: 0x00000000 3819 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3820 3821 3822Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file 3823when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk: 3824 3825 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \ 3826 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \ 3827 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd 3828 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3829 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000 3830 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3831 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB 3832 Load Address: 0x00000000 3833 Entry Point: 0x00000000 3834 3835The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images 3836built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details. 3837 3838Installing a Linux Image: 3839------------------------- 3840 3841To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, 3842you must convert the image to S-Record format: 3843 3844 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec 3845 3846The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot 3847image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to 3848address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to 3849specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' 3850command. 3851 3852Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the 3853TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank): 3854 3855 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF 3856 3857 .......... done 3858 Erased 8 sectors 3859 3860 => loads 40100000 3861 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 3862 ~>examples/image.srec 3863 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 3864 ... 3865 15989 15990 15991 15992 3866 [file transfer complete] 3867 [connected] 3868 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000 3869 3870 3871You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; 3872this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data 3873corruption happened: 3874 3875 => imi 40100000 3876 3877 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 3878 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3879 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3880 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3881 Load Address: 00000000 3882 Entry Point: 0000000c 3883 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3884 3885 3886Boot Linux: 3887----------- 3888 3889The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in 3890memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents 3891of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as 3892parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the 3893"printenv" and "setenv" commands: 3894 3895 3896 => printenv bootargs 3897 bootargs=root=/dev/ram 3898 3899 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3900 3901 => printenv bootargs 3902 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3903 3904 => bootm 40020000 3905 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ... 3906 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L 3907 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3908 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB 3909 Load Address: 00000000 3910 Entry Point: 0000000c 3911 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3912 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3913 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 3914 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2 3915 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3916 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3917 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000] 3918 ... 3919 3920If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass 3921the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT 3922format!) to the "bootm" command: 3923 3924 => imi 40100000 40200000 3925 3926 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ... 3927 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3928 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3929 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3930 Load Address: 00000000 3931 Entry Point: 0000000c 3932 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3933 3934 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ... 3935 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3936 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3937 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3938 Load Address: 00000000 3939 Entry Point: 00000000 3940 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3941 3942 => bootm 40100000 40200000 3943 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ... 3944 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L 3945 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 3946 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB 3947 Load Address: 00000000 3948 Entry Point: 0000000c 3949 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3950 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 3951 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ... 3952 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image 3953 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) 3954 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB 3955 Load Address: 00000000 3956 Entry Point: 00000000 3957 Verifying Checksum ... OK 3958 Loading Ramdisk ... OK 3959 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 3960 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram 3961 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60 3962 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS 3963 ... 3964 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 3965 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 3966 3967 bash# 3968 3969Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree: 3970----------- 3971 3972First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section 3973titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The 3974following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated 3975flat device tree: 3976 3977=> print oftaddr 3978oftaddr=0x300000 3979=> print oft 3980oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb 3981=> tftp $oftaddr $oft 3982Speed: 1000, full duplex 3983Using TSEC0 device 3984TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101 3985Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'. 3986Load address: 0x300000 3987Loading: # 3988done 3989Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex) 3990=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile 3991Speed: 1000, full duplex 3992Using TSEC0 device 3993TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2 3994Filename 'uImage'. 3995Load address: 0x200000 3996Loading:############ 3997done 3998Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex) 3999=> print loadaddr 4000loadaddr=200000
4001=> print oftaddr 4002oftaddr=0x300000 4003=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr 4004## Booting image at 00200000 ... 4005 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty 4006 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) 4007 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB 4008 Load Address: 00000000 4009 Entry Point: 00000000 4010 Verifying Checksum ... OK 4011 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK 4012Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000 4013Using MPC85xx ADS machine description 4014Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb 4015[snip] 4016 4017 4018More About U-Boot Image Types: 4019------------------------------ 4020 4021U-Boot supports the following image types: 4022 4023 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment 4024 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave 4025 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from 4026 the Standalone Program. 4027 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which 4028 will take over control completely. Usually these programs 4029 will install their own set of exception handlers, device 4030 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot 4031 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. 4032 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their 4033 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is 4034 being started. 4035 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS 4036 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like 4037 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want 4038 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot 4039 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get 4040 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image. 4041 4042 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each 4043 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network 4044 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0". 4045 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by 4046 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to 4047 a multiple of 4 bytes). 4048 4049 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like 4050 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to 4051 flash memory. 4052 4053 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by 4054 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially 4055 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) 4056 as command interpreter. 4057 4058Booting the Linux zImage: 4059------------------------- 4060 4061On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done 4062using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same 4063as the syntax of "bootm" command. 4064 4065Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply 4066kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the 4067address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following 4068format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>". 4069 4070 4071Standalone HOWTO: 4072================= 4073 4074One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and 4075run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of 4076U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services. 4077 4078Two simple examples are included with the sources: 4079 4080"Hello World" Demo: 4081------------------- 4082 4083'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo 4084application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. 4085It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it 4086like that: 4087 4088 => loads 4089 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 4090 ~>examples/hello_world.srec 4091 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 4092 [file transfer complete] 4093 [connected] 4094 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 4095 4096 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test. 4097 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 4098 Hello World 4099 argc = 7 4100 argv[0] = "40004" 4101 argv[1] = "Hello" 4102 argv[2] = "World!" 4103 argv[3] = "This" 4104 argv[4] = "is" 4105 argv[5] = "a" 4106 argv[6] = "test." 4107 argv[7] = "<NULL>" 4108 Hit any key to exit ... 4109 4110 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 4111 4112Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt 4113handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. 4114Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. 4115The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' 4116character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be 4117controlled by the following keys: 4118 4119 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers 4120 b - enable interrupts and start timer 4121 e - stop timer and disable interrupts 4122 q - quit application 4123 4124 => loads 4125 ## Ready for S-Record download ... 4126 ~>examples/timer.srec 4127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 4128 [file transfer complete] 4129 [connected] 4130 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004 4131 4132 => go 40004 4133 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ... 4134 TIMERS=0xfff00980 4135 Using timer 1 4136 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0 4137 4138Hit 'b': 4139 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us 4140 Enabling timer 4141Hit '?': 4142 [q, b, e, ?] ........ 4143 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 4144Hit '?': 4145 [q, b, e, ?] . 4146 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 4147Hit '?': 4148 [q, b, e, ?] . 4149 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 4150Hit '?': 4151 [q, b, e, ?] . 4152 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 4153Hit 'e': 4154 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer 4155Hit 'q': 4156 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0 4157 4158 4159Minicom warning: 4160================ 4161 4162Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 4163"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) 4164consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under 4165Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and 4166especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and 4167use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See 4168https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3. 4169for help with kermit. 4170 4171 4172Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this 4173configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section: 4174 4175 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi 4176 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N 4177 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N 4178 4179 4180NetBSD Notes: 4181============= 4182 4183Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host 4184(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx). 4185 4186Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on 4187NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also 4188need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make). 4189Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files; 4190attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is 4191missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually: 4192 4193 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include 4194 # mkdir powerpc 4195 # ln -s powerpc machine 4196 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h 4197 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST 4198 4199Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native 4200and U-Boot include files. 4201 4202Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a 4203stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel 4204proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source 4205tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the 4206meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz 4207 4208 4209Implementation Internals: 4210========================= 4211 4212The following is not intended to be a complete description of every 4213implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the 4214inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom 4215hardware. 4216 4217 4218Initial Stack, Global Data: 4219--------------------------- 4220 4221The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot 4222starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to 4223system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). 4224This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS 4225is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working 4226at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation 4227options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU 4228models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and 4229MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be 4230locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc. 4231 4232 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the 4233 U-Boot mailing list: 4234 4235 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)? 4236 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com> 4237 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET) 4238 ... 4239 4240 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it 4241 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not 4242 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness 4243 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of 4244 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's 4245 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you 4246 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and 4247 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals. 4248 4249 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It 4250 is another option for the system designer to use as an 4251 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either 4252 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your 4253 board designers haven't used it for something that would 4254 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not 4255 used. 4256 4257 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere 4258 with your processor/board/system design. The default value 4259 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in 4260 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger 4261 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set 4262 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources 4263 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in 4264 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when 4265 you get the config right. 4266 4267 -Chris Hallinan 4268 DS4.COM, Inc. 4269 4270It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C 4271code for the initialization procedures: 4272 4273* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt 4274 to write it. 4275 4276* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized 4277 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- 4278 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM). 4279 4280* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like 4281 that. 4282 4283Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use 4284normal global data to share information between the code. But it 4285turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly 4286simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all 4287functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_ 4288functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of 4289the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we 4290place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we 4291reserve for this purpose. 4292 4293When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the 4294relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by 4295GCC's implementation. 4296 4297For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: 4298 R1: stack pointer 4299 R2: reserved for system use 4300 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values 4301 R5-R10: parameter passing 4302 R13: small data area pointer 4303 R30: GOT pointer 4304 R31: frame pointer 4305 4306 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12 4307 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when 4308 going back and forth between asm and C) 4309 4310 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data 4311 4312 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the 4313 address of the global data structure is known at compile time), 4314 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat 4315 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on 4316 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image, 4317 624 text + 127 data). 4318 4319On ARM, the following registers are used: 4320 4321 R0: function argument word/integer result 4322 R1-R3: function argument word 4323 R9: platform specific 4324 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled) 4325 R11: argument (frame) pointer 4326 R12: temporary workspace 4327 R13: stack pointer 4328 R14: link register 4329 R15: program counter 4330 4331 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data 4332 4333 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported. 4334 4335On Nios II, the ABI is documented here: 4336 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf 4337 4338 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data 4339 4340 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp 4341 to access small data sections, so gp is free. 4342 4343On NDS32, the following registers are used: 4344 4345 R0-R1: argument/return 4346 R2-R5: argument 4347 R15: temporary register for assembler 4348 R16: trampoline register 4349 R28: frame pointer (FP) 4350 R29: global pointer (GP) 4351 R30: link register (LP) 4352 R31: stack pointer (SP) 4353 PC: program counter (PC) 4354 4355 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data 4356 4357NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope, 4358or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much. 4359 4360On RISC-V, the following registers are used: 4361 4362 x0: hard-wired zero (zero) 4363 x1: return address (ra) 4364 x2: stack pointer (sp) 4365 x3: global pointer (gp) 4366 x4: thread pointer (tp) 4367 x5: link register (t0) 4368 x8: frame pointer (fp) 4369 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1) 4370 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7) 4371 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6) 4372 pc: program counter (pc) 4373 4374 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data 4375 4376Memory Management: 4377------------------ 4378 4379U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the 4380MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection. 4381 4382The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory 4383controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each 4384memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several 4385physical memory banks. 4386 4387U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on 4388TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After 4389booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself 4390to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some 4391memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN 4392configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board 4393Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward). 4394 4395Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB 4396of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF). 4397 4398So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like 4399this: 4400 4401 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code 4402 : 4403 0x0000 1FFF 4404 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use 4405 : 4406 : 4407 4408 : 4409 : 4410 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward) 4411 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data 4412 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena 4413 : 4414 0x00FD FFFF 4415 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code 4416 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer 4417 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset) 4418 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM] 4419 4420 4421System Initialization: 4422---------------------- 4423 4424In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point 4425(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset 4426configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory. 4427To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. 4428To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) 4429initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs 4430which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data 4431cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and 4432the SIU. 4433 4434Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a 4435preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries 4436(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash 4437on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is 4438programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a 4439simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM 4440banks. 4441 4442When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of 4443different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first 4444bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 44450x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create 4446contiguous memory starting from 0. 4447 4448Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area 4449and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board 4450Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM 4451pages, and the final stack is set up. 4452 4453Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; 4454until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are 4455running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a 4456new address in RAM. 4457 4458 4459U-Boot Porting Guide: 4460---------------------- 4461 4462[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing 4463list, October 2002] 4464 4465 4466int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 4467{ 4468 sighandler_t no_more_time; 4469 4470 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time); 4471 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK)); 4472 4473 if (available_money > available_manpower) { 4474 Pay consultant to port U-Boot; 4475 return 0; 4476 } 4477 4478 Download latest U-Boot source; 4479 4480 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list; 4481 4482 if (clueless) 4483 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?"); 4484 4485 while (learning) { 4486 Read the README file in the top level directory; 4487 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual; 4488 Read applicable doc/README.*; 4489 Read the source, Luke; 4490 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */ 4491 } 4492 4493 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) 4494 Buy a BDI3000; 4495 else 4496 Add a lot of aggravation and time; 4497 4498 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */ 4499 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard> 4500 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h 4501 } else { 4502 Create your own board support subdirectory; 4503 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file; 4504 } 4505 Edit new board/<myboard> files 4506 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h 4507 4508 while (!accepted) { 4509 while (!running) { 4510 do { 4511 Add / modify source code; 4512 } until (compiles); 4513 Debug; 4514 if (clueless) 4515 email("Hi, I am having problems..."); 4516 } 4517 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list; 4518 if (reasonable critiques) 4519 Incorporate improvements from email list code review; 4520 else 4521 Defend code as written; 4522 } 4523 4524 return 0; 4525} 4526 4527void no_more_time (int sig) 4528{ 4529 hire_a_guru(); 4530} 4531 4532 4533Coding Standards: 4534----------------- 4535 4536All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel 4537coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at 4538https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the 4539script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. 4540 4541Source files originating from a different project (for example the 4542MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not 4543reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those 4544sources. 4545 4546Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in 4547Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//) 4548in your code. 4549 4550Please also stick to the following formatting rules: 4551- remove any trailing white space 4552- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces 4553- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds 4554- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files 4555- do not add trailing empty lines to source files 4556 4557Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned 4558with a request to reformat the changes. 4559 4560 4561Submitting Patches: 4562------------------- 4563 4564Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to 4565establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules 4566may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff. 4567 4568Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details. 4569 4570Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>; 4571see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot 4572 4573When you send a patch, please include the following information with 4574it: 4575 4576* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes 4577 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the 4578 patch actually fixes something. 4579 4580* For new features: a description of the feature and your 4581 implementation. 4582 4583* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your 4584 information and associated file and directory references. 4585 4586* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a 4587 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too. 4588 4589* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to 4590 document these in the README file. 4591 4592* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly* 4593 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the 4594 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to 4595 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems 4596 with some other mail clients. 4597 4598 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of 4599 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of 4600 GNU diff. 4601 4602 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent 4603 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that 4604 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the 4605 affected files). 4606 4607 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged, 4608 and compressed attachments must not be used. 4609 4610* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several 4611 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file. 4612 4613* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be 4614 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset. 4615 4616 4617Notes: 4618 4619* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched 4620 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported 4621 for any of the boards. 4622 4623* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch 4624 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be 4625 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it. 4626 4627* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not 4628 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful! 4629 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only 4630 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature 4631 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your 4632 modification. 4633 4634* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the 4635 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are 4636 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches 4637 bigger than the size limit should be avoided. 4638