1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
3 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
9 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
10 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
15 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
16 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
18 support booting of Linux images.
20 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25 load and run it dynamically.
31 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
32 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
33 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
35 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
40 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42 from the Git log using:
50 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
51 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
53 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
54 Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55 https://marc.info/?l=u-boot
57 Where to get source code:
58 =========================
60 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
61 https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
62 https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
64 The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
65 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
66 available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP.
67 https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
68 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
74 - start from 8xxrom sources
75 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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
83 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
84 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
85 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
86 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
87 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
93 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
94 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
95 in source files etc.). Example:
97 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
99 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
101 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
103 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
105 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
106 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
108 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
109 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
115 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
116 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
117 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
118 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
119 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
120 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
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
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 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
140 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
141 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
142 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
143 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
144 /x86 Files generic to x86 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 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
155 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
156 /include Header Files
157 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
158 /Licenses Various license files
160 /post Power On Self Test
161 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
162 /test Various unit test files
163 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
165 Software Configuration:
166 =======================
168 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
169 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
171 There are two classes of configuration variables:
173 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
174 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
177 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
178 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
179 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
182 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
183 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
184 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
185 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
189 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
190 ---------------------------------------------------
192 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
193 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
195 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
198 make TQM823L_defconfig
200 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
201 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
202 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
207 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
208 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
209 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
210 run some of U-Boot's tests.
212 See doc/arch/index.rst for more details.
215 Board Initialisation Flow:
216 --------------------------
218 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
219 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
221 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
222 more detail later in this file.
224 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
225 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
226 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
227 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
229 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
230 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
232 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
233 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
234 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
236 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
237 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
240 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
241 - no global_data or BSS
242 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
243 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
244 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
246 - this is almost never needed
247 - return normally from this function
250 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
251 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
252 - global_data is available
254 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
255 only stack variables and global_data
257 Non-SPL-specific notes:
258 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
262 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
264 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
265 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
266 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
267 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
268 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
269 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
270 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
271 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
272 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
273 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
274 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
277 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
278 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
279 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
283 - purpose: main execution, common code
284 - global_data is available
286 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
287 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
289 Non-SPL-specific notes:
290 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
294 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
295 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
296 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
297 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
298 spl_board_init() function containing this call
299 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
303 Configuration Options:
304 ----------------------
306 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
307 such information is kept in a configuration file
308 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
310 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
311 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
314 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
315 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
316 build a config tool - later.
318 - ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
319 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
320 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
321 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
323 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
325 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
328 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
330 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
332 The following options need to be configured:
334 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
336 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
341 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
342 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
343 compliance, among other possible reasons.
345 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
347 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
348 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
349 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
351 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
353 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
354 tree nodes for the given platform.
356 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
358 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
359 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
360 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
362 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
365 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
366 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
368 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
369 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
370 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
371 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
373 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
376 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
377 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
378 required during NOR boot.
380 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
381 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
382 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
384 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
386 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
387 according to the A004510 workaround.
389 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
390 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
391 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
393 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
394 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
395 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
397 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
398 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
399 connected to the DSP core.
401 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
402 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
404 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
405 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
406 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
407 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
409 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
410 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
411 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
414 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
415 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
417 - Generic CPU options:
418 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
420 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
421 values is arch specific.
424 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
425 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
428 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
429 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
431 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
432 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
433 deskew training are not available.
435 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
436 Freescale DDR1 controller.
438 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
439 Freescale DDR2 controller.
441 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
442 Freescale DDR3 controller.
444 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
445 Freescale DDR4 controller.
447 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
448 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
451 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
452 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
456 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
457 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
461 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
462 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
465 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
469 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
472 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
473 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
475 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
476 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
478 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
479 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
481 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
482 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
484 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
485 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
486 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
488 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
489 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
490 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
491 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
493 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
494 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
496 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
497 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
500 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
501 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
502 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
504 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
505 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
506 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
509 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
510 Number of controllers used as main memory.
512 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
513 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
515 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
516 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
518 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
519 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
521 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
522 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
525 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
527 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
528 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
531 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
533 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
534 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
535 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
538 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
540 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
541 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
544 Generic timer clock source frequency.
546 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
547 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
548 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
552 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
554 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
555 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
556 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
558 - Linux Kernel Interface:
559 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
561 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
562 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
563 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
567 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
568 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
572 * New libfdt-based support
573 * Adds the "fdt" command
574 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
576 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
577 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
579 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
582 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
584 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
585 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
587 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
589 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
590 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
591 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
596 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
597 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
598 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
599 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
600 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
601 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
603 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
605 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
606 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
607 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
608 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
609 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
610 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
611 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
613 - vxWorks boot parameters:
615 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
616 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
617 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
618 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
620 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
621 the defaults discussed just above.
623 - Cache Configuration:
624 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
626 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
627 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
629 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
630 controller register space
635 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
639 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
643 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
644 the clock speed of the UARTs.
648 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
649 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
650 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
652 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
654 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
655 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
659 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
660 define a command string that is automatically executed
661 when no character is read on the console interface
662 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
664 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
665 The value of these goes into the environment as
666 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
667 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
670 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
672 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
673 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
674 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
675 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
676 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
677 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
679 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
681 Select one of the baudrates listed in
682 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
684 - Removal of commands
685 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
686 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
687 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
688 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
689 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
690 simple boot procedures.
692 - Regular expression support:
694 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
695 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
696 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
697 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
701 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
702 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
703 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
704 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
705 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
707 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
708 be done using one of the three options below:
711 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
712 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
713 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
714 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
715 the global data structure as gd->fdt_blob.
718 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
719 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
720 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
722 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
724 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
725 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
726 still use the individual files if you need something more
730 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
731 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
732 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
733 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
737 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
738 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
739 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
740 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
741 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
742 available, then no further board specific code should
746 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
747 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
748 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
752 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
753 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
756 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
757 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
758 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
759 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
760 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
761 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
762 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
763 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
764 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
765 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
766 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
767 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
770 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
771 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
774 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
776 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
777 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
778 pins supported by a particular chip.
780 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
781 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
784 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
785 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
786 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
787 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
788 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
789 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
790 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
791 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
793 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
794 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
795 still continue to operate.
798 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
799 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
800 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
801 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
802 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
803 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
807 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
808 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
809 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
810 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
812 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
813 Zero or more of the following:
814 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
815 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
816 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
817 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
819 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
820 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
823 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
824 board configurations files but used nowhere!
826 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
827 be performed by calling the function
828 ide_set_reset(int reset)
829 which has to be defined in a board specific file
834 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
839 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
840 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
841 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
842 support disks up to 2.1TB.
844 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
845 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
849 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
850 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
851 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
852 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
855 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
856 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
858 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
860 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
863 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
864 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
865 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
867 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
868 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
869 example with the "sspi" command.
872 Support for National dp83815 chips.
875 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
877 - NETWORK Support (other):
879 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
880 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
883 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
885 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
886 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
887 The driver doen't show link status messages.
890 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
893 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
895 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
896 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
899 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
902 Define this to hold the physical address
903 of the device (I/O space)
905 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
906 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
908 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
909 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
910 (some hardware wont work with macros)
912 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
913 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
916 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
918 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
919 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
920 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
921 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
922 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
923 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
924 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
925 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
928 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
930 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
931 Define the number of ports to be used
933 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
934 Define the ETH PHY's address
936 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
937 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
943 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
944 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
945 per system is supported at this time.
947 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
948 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
951 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
953 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
954 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
955 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
957 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
958 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
959 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
962 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
965 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
966 per system is supported at this time.
968 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
969 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
970 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
974 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
975 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
976 Requires support for a TPM device.
978 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
979 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
980 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
983 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
984 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
985 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
986 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
987 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
990 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
993 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
994 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
996 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1000 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1001 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1002 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1003 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1004 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1005 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1006 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1007 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1008 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1010 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1011 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1012 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1013 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1016 Define this to build a UDC device
1019 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1020 talk to the UDC device
1023 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1024 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1025 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1026 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1027 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1030 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1031 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1034 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1035 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1036 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1037 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1038 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1039 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1041 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1042 Define this string as the name of your company for
1043 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1045 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1046 Define this string as the name of your product
1047 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1049 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1050 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1051 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1052 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1053 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1055 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1056 Define this as the unique Product ID
1058 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1060 - ULPI Layer Support:
1061 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1062 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1063 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1064 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1065 viewport is supported.
1066 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1067 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1068 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1069 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1070 the appropriate value in Hz.
1073 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1074 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1075 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1076 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1077 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1078 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1081 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1083 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1084 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1087 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1089 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1091 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1094 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1097 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1098 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1099 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1100 one that would help mostly the developer.
1102 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1103 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1104 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1105 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1106 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1108 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1109 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1110 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1111 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1112 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1113 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1115 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1116 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1117 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1118 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1120 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1121 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1122 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1123 sending again an USB request to the device.
1125 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1127 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1129 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1130 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1131 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1134 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1138 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1139 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1140 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1141 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1146 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1147 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1148 support, and should also define these other macros:
1153 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1154 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1156 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1158 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1159 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1160 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1161 description of this variable.
1163 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1165 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1166 display); also select one of the supported displays
1167 by defining one of these:
1171 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1173 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1175 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1177 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1179 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1180 Active, color, single scan.
1182 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1184 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1185 Active, color, single scan.
1189 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1190 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1192 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1194 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1195 Active, color, single scan.
1199 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1200 Active, color, single scan.
1204 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1206 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1210 320x240. Black & white.
1212 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1214 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1215 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1216 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1217 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1218 a per-section basis.
1223 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1224 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1225 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1226 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1228 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1229 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1230 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1231 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1232 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1233 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1234 1 = 90 degree rotation
1235 2 = 180 degree rotation
1236 3 = 270 degree rotation
1238 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1239 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1243 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1247 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1248 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1251 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1253 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1255 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1257 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1258 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1259 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1260 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1262 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1264 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1265 command issued before MII status register can be read
1270 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1271 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1272 determined through e.g. bootp.
1273 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1275 - Server IP address:
1278 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1279 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1280 (Environment variable "serverip")
1282 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1284 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1285 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1287 - Gateway IP address:
1290 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1291 default router where packets to other networks are
1293 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1298 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1299 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1300 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1301 forwarded through a router.
1302 (Environment variable "netmask")
1304 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1305 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1307 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1308 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1309 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1310 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1311 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1312 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1313 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1314 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1315 following delays are inserted then:
1317 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1318 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1319 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1321 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1323 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1325 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1326 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1327 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1328 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1329 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1330 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1331 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1332 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1333 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1334 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1335 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1336 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1337 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1338 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1339 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1341 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1342 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1343 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1345 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1346 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1347 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1348 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1349 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1350 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1352 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1353 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1355 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1356 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1357 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1358 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1361 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1363 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1364 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1365 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1366 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1367 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1368 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1369 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1370 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1371 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1372 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1375 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1376 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1377 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1378 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1379 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1381 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1383 - MAC address from environment variables
1385 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1387 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1388 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1389 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1390 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1393 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1395 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1397 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1399 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1404 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1405 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1406 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1408 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1410 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1411 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1415 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1419 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1423 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1425 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1427 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1428 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1430 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1432 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1434 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1436 Several configurations allow to display the current
1437 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1438 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1439 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1440 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1441 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1442 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1447 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1448 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1449 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1450 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1451 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1453 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1454 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1455 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1456 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1457 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1458 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1460 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
1462 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1463 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1464 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1465 for defining speed and slave address
1466 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1467 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1468 for defining speed and slave address
1469 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1470 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1471 for defining speed and slave address
1472 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1473 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1474 for defining speed and slave address
1476 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1477 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1478 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1479 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1480 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1482 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
1483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1484 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1488 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
1489 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1490 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1491 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1493 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1494 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1495 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1496 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1498 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
1499 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
1500 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1501 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1502 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1503 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
1504 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1505 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1506 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1507 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1508 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1509 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
1510 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1511 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
1512 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
1513 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1515 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1516 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1517 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1519 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1520 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1521 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1523 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1524 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1525 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1526 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1527 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1528 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1529 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1530 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1531 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1532 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
1533 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1535 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1536 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1537 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1538 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1539 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1540 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1541 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1542 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1543 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1544 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1545 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1546 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1548 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1549 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1550 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1551 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1552 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1554 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1555 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1556 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1557 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1558 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1559 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1560 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1561 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1562 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1563 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1564 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1565 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1566 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
1567 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
1568 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
1569 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
1570 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
1571 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
1572 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
1573 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
1574 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
1575 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
1576 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
1580 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
1581 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
1583 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1584 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1585 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1588 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1589 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1590 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1593 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
1594 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
1595 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1596 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1597 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1599 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1600 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1601 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1602 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1603 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1604 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1605 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1606 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1607 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1611 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
1612 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1613 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1614 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1615 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1616 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
1617 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
1618 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1619 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
1621 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1623 - Legacy I2C Support:
1624 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
1625 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1626 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1630 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1631 controller or configure ports.
1633 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1637 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1638 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1641 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1645 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1646 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1649 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1653 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1656 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1660 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1661 is false, it clears it (low).
1663 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1664 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1665 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1669 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1670 is false, it clears it (low).
1672 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1673 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1674 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1678 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1679 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1680 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1683 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1685 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1687 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1688 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1689 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1690 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1692 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1693 the generic GPIO functions.
1695 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1697 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1698 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1699 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1700 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1701 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1702 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1703 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1704 is run early in the boot sequence.
1706 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1708 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1709 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1710 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1711 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1713 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1715 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1716 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1717 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1718 a 1D array of device addresses
1721 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1722 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1724 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1726 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1727 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1729 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1731 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1733 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1734 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1736 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1738 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1739 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1741 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1743 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1744 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1745 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1746 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1747 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1748 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1751 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1753 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1754 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1755 D/As on the SACSng board)
1759 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1760 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1761 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1762 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1763 defined, the board configuration must define several
1764 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1765 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1767 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1768 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1769 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1771 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1773 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1775 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1777 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1780 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1782 Enables support for FPGA family.
1783 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1787 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1789 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1791 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1793 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1795 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1796 status by the configuration function. This option
1797 will require a board or device specific function to
1802 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1803 configuration driver.
1805 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1806 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1808 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1810 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1811 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1812 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1813 indicated a CRC error).
1815 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1817 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1818 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
1819 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1822 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1824 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
1825 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1827 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1829 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1832 - Configuration Management:
1836 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1837 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1839 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1841 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1842 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1843 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1844 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1845 protects these variables from casual modification by
1846 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1847 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1848 change this behaviour:
1850 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1851 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1852 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1855 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1856 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1857 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1858 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1859 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1862 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1863 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1864 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1865 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1870 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1871 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1872 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1873 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1874 this default value by defining an environment
1875 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1876 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1877 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1878 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1879 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1880 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1881 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1883 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1886 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1887 either, which results in a memory region that will
1888 not be affected by reboots.
1890 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1891 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1892 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1893 following board configurations are known to be
1896 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
1897 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
1900 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
1901 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
1902 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
1903 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
1904 machines using physical address extension or similar.
1905 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
1906 currently only supports clearing the memory.
1909 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1911 This variable defines the number of retries for
1912 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1913 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1914 default value of 5 is used.
1918 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1922 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
1923 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
1924 try longer timeout such as
1925 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
1927 - Command Interpreter:
1928 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1930 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1931 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1932 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1936 In the current implementation, the local variables
1937 space and global environment variables space are
1938 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1939 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1940 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1941 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1942 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1944 Global environment variables are those you use
1945 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1946 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1947 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1949 To store commands and special characters in a
1950 variable, please use double quotation marks
1951 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1952 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1955 - Command Line Editing and History:
1956 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
1958 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
1959 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
1960 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
1963 - Default Environment:
1964 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1966 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1967 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1968 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1970 For example, place something like this in your
1971 board's config file:
1973 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1977 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1978 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1979 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1980 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1981 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1982 You better know what you are doing here.
1984 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1985 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1986 the environment like the "source" command or the
1989 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1991 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
1992 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
1993 that so that the environment is not available until
1994 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1995 this is instead controlled by the value of
1996 /config/load-environment.
1998 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2001 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2002 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2003 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2004 number generator is used.
2006 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2007 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2008 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2010 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2011 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2012 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2013 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2014 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2015 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2016 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2018 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2020 This option defines a board specific value for the
2021 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2022 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2025 - Frame Buffer Address:
2028 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2029 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2030 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2031 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2032 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2033 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2034 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2035 configured panel size.
2037 Please see board_init_f function.
2039 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2041 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2042 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2044 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2045 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2047 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2048 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2049 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2050 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2051 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2052 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2053 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2055 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2056 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2057 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2058 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2059 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2063 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2064 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2065 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2066 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2067 flash), this value is ignored.
2069 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2070 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2071 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2072 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2073 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2074 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2076 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2077 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2078 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2079 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2080 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2081 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2082 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2087 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2088 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2089 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2090 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2091 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2092 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2093 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2094 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2095 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2096 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2097 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2098 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2100 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2101 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2105 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2106 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2111 Enable building of SPL globally.
2114 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2116 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2117 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2118 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2119 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2120 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2121 must not be both defined at the same time.
2124 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2125 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2126 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2129 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2130 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2131 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2133 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2134 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2136 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2137 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2138 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2139 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2140 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2141 must not be both defined at the same time.
2144 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2146 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2147 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2148 loaded does not have a signature.
2149 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2150 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2152 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2153 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2154 and thus should be skipped silently.
2156 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2157 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2158 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2161 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2162 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2163 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2164 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2165 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
2167 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2168 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2171 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2172 See also: doc/README.falcon
2174 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2175 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2176 about the running system.
2178 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2179 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2181 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2182 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2185 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2186 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2187 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2189 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2190 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2191 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2192 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2195 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2196 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2198 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2199 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2200 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2202 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2203 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2204 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2206 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2207 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2208 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2209 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2210 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2212 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2213 Avoid SPL relocation
2215 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT
2216 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash.
2217 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE.
2220 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2223 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2224 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2225 if you need to save space.
2227 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2228 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2231 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2232 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2233 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2234 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2235 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2236 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2239 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2240 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2242 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2243 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2245 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2246 Size of image to load
2248 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2249 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
2251 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2252 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2253 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
2255 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2256 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2259 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2260 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2261 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2262 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2263 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2266 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2267 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2268 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2270 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
2271 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2272 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2273 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2274 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2278 Enable building of TPL globally.
2281 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2282 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2283 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2284 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2285 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2287 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2289 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2290 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2291 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2292 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2293 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2294 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2295 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2296 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2297 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2298 general timer_interrupt().
2301 Board initialization settings:
2302 ------------------------------
2304 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2305 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2306 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2307 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2308 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2309 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2311 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2312 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2313 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2314 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2316 Configuration Settings:
2317 -----------------------
2319 - MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
2320 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2322 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2323 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2325 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2326 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2328 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2329 prompt for user input.
2331 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2333 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2335 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2337 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2338 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2341 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2342 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2344 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
2345 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
2346 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2347 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2348 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
2349 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
2350 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2351 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2353 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
2354 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2355 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2356 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2357 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2358 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2359 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2360 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2361 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2362 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2364 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2365 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2368 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2369 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2370 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2371 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2374 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2375 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2377 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2378 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2380 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2381 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2383 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2384 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2385 make config files to be same as the text base address
2386 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2387 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2389 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2390 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2391 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2392 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2395 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2396 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2398 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2399 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2400 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2401 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2402 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2405 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2406 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2407 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
2408 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
2409 U-Boot relocates itself.
2411 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2412 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2413 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2414 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2416 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2417 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2418 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2419 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2420 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2421 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2422 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2423 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2424 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2425 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2426 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2427 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2428 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2429 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2430 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2431 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2433 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2435 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2436 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2437 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2438 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2439 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2441 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2442 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2443 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2444 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2445 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2446 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2447 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2448 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2449 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2450 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2451 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2453 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2454 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2455 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2458 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2459 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2460 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2462 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2463 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2464 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2466 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2467 Max number of Flash memory banks
2469 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2470 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2472 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2473 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2475 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2476 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2478 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2479 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2481 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2482 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2484 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2485 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2486 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2488 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2490 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2491 without this option such a download has to be
2492 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2493 copy from RAM to flash.
2495 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2496 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2497 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2498 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2499 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2501 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2502 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2503 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2505 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2506 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2507 in the drivers directory
2509 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2510 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2511 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2514 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2515 Use buffered writes to flash.
2517 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2518 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2521 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2522 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2523 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2524 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2525 optionally available.
2527 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2528 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2529 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2530 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2532 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2533 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2534 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2535 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2536 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2537 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2538 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2539 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2541 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2542 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2543 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2544 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2545 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2546 on high Ethernet traffic.
2547 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2549 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2551 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2552 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2553 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2554 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2555 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2557 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2558 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2559 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
2560 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2561 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2562 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2564 The format of the list is:
2565 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
2566 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
2567 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
2568 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
2571 The type attributes are:
2572 s - String (default)
2575 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
2579 The access attributes are:
2585 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2586 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
2587 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
2589 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2590 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
2591 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
2592 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
2593 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
2596 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
2597 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
2598 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
2600 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2601 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2602 following configurations:
2604 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2606 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2607 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2609 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2610 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2611 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2614 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2615 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2616 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2617 to save the current settings.
2619 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
2620 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
2621 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
2622 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
2624 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2626 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2627 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2628 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2630 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2631 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2632 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
2633 until then to read environment variables.
2635 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2636 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2637 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2638 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2639 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2640 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2642 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2643 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2644 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2646 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2647 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2649 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2650 also needs to be defined.
2652 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2653 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2655 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2656 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2657 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2658 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2659 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2660 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2662 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
2663 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
2664 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
2667 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
2668 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
2669 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
2672 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
2673 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
2674 build system checks that the actual size does not
2677 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2678 ---------------------------------------------------
2680 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2681 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2683 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
2684 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
2687 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
2688 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
2689 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
2691 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
2692 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
2693 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
2694 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
2695 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
2696 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
2697 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
2699 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
2700 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2702 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
2703 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2704 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
2705 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2706 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2708 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2709 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
2710 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2711 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2713 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
2714 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
2715 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
2718 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2719 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2720 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2721 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2722 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
2725 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2726 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2727 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
2729 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2731 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2732 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2733 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2734 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2735 will become available only after programming the
2736 memory controller and running certain initialization
2739 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2740 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2742 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2744 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2745 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2746 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2747 data is located at the end of the available space
2748 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
2749 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2750 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2751 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2754 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2755 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2756 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2757 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2758 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2760 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2762 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2765 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2766 periodic timer for refresh
2768 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2769 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2770 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2771 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2772 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2774 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2775 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2776 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2777 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2779 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
2780 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
2781 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
2782 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
2783 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
2784 by coreboot or similar.
2786 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
2787 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
2790 Chip has SRIO or not
2793 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2796 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2798 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2799 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2801 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2802 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2804 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
2805 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2807 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2808 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2810 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2811 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2813 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
2814 Example of drivers that use it:
2815 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2816 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
2818 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2819 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2820 a default value will be used.
2823 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2824 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2827 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2829 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2830 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2831 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2832 to something your driver can deal with.
2834 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2835 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2836 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2837 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2838 header files or board specific files.
2840 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2841 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2843 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2844 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2846 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2847 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2849 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2850 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2851 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2854 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2855 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2856 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2858 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2859 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2862 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2864 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2865 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2869 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2870 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
2872 - CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
2873 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2878 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2880 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
2881 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2883 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
2884 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
2886 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2887 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS, RISC-V only] If this variable is defined, then certain
2888 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
2889 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
2890 relocate itself into RAM.
2892 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
2893 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
2894 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
2895 these initializations itself.
2897 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
2898 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
2899 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
2900 instruction cache) is still performed.
2903 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2904 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2905 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2909 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2910 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2911 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2914 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
2915 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
2916 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
2917 previous 4k of the .text section.
2919 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2920 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2921 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2922 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2923 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2924 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2925 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2926 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2928 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2929 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2930 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
2932 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2933 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2934 driver that uses this:
2935 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
2937 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2938 -----------------------------------
2940 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2941 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2942 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2943 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2946 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2947 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
2948 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
2951 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2952 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
2953 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
2956 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2957 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2958 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2959 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2960 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2962 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2963 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2964 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2965 virtual address in NOR flash.
2967 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2968 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2969 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2971 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2972 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2973 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2975 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2976 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2977 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
2978 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2979 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2980 master's memory space.
2982 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2983 ---------------------------------------------------------
2984 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2986 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2987 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2990 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2991 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2993 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2994 -------------------------------------------
2995 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2996 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2997 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2999 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3000 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
3005 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
3006 process have to be set to a fixed value.
3008 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
3009 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
3010 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
3012 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
3014 Building the Software:
3015 ======================
3017 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3018 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3019 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3020 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3021 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3022 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3024 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3025 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3026 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3027 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3028 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3030 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3031 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3033 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3034 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3039 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3040 rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
3042 Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
3043 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3044 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3045 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3046 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3048 make TQM823L_defconfig
3049 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3051 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
3052 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3057 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3058 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3060 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3061 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3062 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3064 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3065 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3066 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3068 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3070 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3071 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
3072 make O=/tmp/build all
3074 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
3076 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
3081 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
3084 User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
3085 setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
3086 For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
3088 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
3090 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3091 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3095 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3096 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3099 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3100 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3101 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
3102 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3104 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3105 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3106 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
3107 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3108 to be installed on your target system.
3109 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3110 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3113 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3114 ==============================================================
3116 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3117 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3118 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3119 the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3120 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3122 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3123 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3124 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3125 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
3126 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
3127 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
3131 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3134 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3135 ============================
3137 go - start application at address 'addr'
3138 run - run commands in an environment variable
3139 bootm - boot application image from memory
3140 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3141 bootz - boot zImage from memory
3142 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3143 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3144 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3145 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3146 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3147 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3148 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3149 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3151 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3152 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3153 mw - memory write (fill)
3156 cmp - memory compare
3157 crc32 - checksum calculation
3158 i2c - I2C sub-system
3159 sspi - SPI utility commands
3160 base - print or set address offset
3161 printenv- print environment variables
3162 setenv - set environment variables
3163 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3164 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3165 erase - erase FLASH memory
3166 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3167 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
3168 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3169 iminfo - print header information for application image
3170 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3171 ide - IDE sub-system
3172 loop - infinite loop on address range
3173 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3174 mtest - simple RAM test
3175 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3176 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3177 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3178 echo - echo args to console
3179 version - print monitor version
3180 help - print online help
3181 ? - alias for 'help'
3184 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3185 ========================================
3189 For now: just type "help <command>".
3192 Environment Variables:
3193 ======================
3195 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3196 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3198 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3199 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3200 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3201 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3202 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3203 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3205 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3207 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3209 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3211 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3213 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3215 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3217 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3219 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3220 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3221 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3222 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3223 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3224 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3225 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3228 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3229 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3230 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3231 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3232 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3233 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3236 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3237 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3238 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3239 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3240 environment variable.
3242 bootstopkeysha256, bootdelaykey, bootstopkey - See README.autoboot
3244 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3245 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3246 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3248 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3249 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3250 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3251 load any image using TFTP
3253 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3254 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3255 be automatically started (by internally calling
3258 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3259 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3260 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3261 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3264 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3265 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
3266 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3267 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3268 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3269 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3270 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3271 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3272 access it during the boot procedure.
3274 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3275 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3276 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3277 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3278 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3279 must be accessible by the kernel.
3281 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3282 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3285 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3286 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3287 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3288 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3289 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3291 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3292 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3293 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3294 is usually what you want since it allows for
3295 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3296 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3297 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3298 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3299 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3300 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3301 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3303 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3304 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3305 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3306 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3307 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3308 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3310 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3312 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3313 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3314 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3315 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3316 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3317 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3318 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3320 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3322 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3323 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3325 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3327 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3329 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3331 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3333 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3335 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
3337 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3338 For example you can do the following
3340 => setenv ethact FEC
3341 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3342 => setenv ethact SCC
3343 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3345 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3346 available network interfaces.
3347 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3349 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3350 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3351 When set to "once" the network operation will
3352 fail when all the available network interfaces
3353 are tried once without success.
3354 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3357 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3359 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
3360 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
3361 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
3362 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
3365 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3368 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3369 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3371 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3372 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3374 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3375 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3376 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3377 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3378 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3379 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3380 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3382 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
3383 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
3384 can happen during a single file transfer before that
3385 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
3386 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
3387 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
3388 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
3390 tftpwindowsize - if this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3391 window size as described by RFC 7440.
3392 This means the count of blocks we can receive before
3393 sending ack to server.
3395 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3396 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3399 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
3400 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
3401 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
3402 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
3403 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
3405 memmatches - Number of matches found by the last 'ms' command, in hex
3407 memaddr - Address of the last match found by the 'ms' command, in hex,
3410 mempos - Index position of the last match found by the 'ms' command,
3411 in units of the size (.b, .w, .l) of the search
3413 zbootbase - (x86 only) Base address of the bzImage 'setup' block
3415 zbootaddr - (x86 only) Address of the loaded bzImage, typically
3416 BZIMAGE_LOAD_ADDR which is 0x100000
3418 The following image location variables contain the location of images
3419 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3420 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3421 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3422 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3423 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3424 flash or offset in NAND flash.
3426 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3427 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
3428 boards use these variables for other purposes.
3430 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3431 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
3432 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3433 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3434 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3435 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
3437 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3438 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3439 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3441 bootfile - see above
3442 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3443 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3444 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3445 hostname - Target hostname
3447 netmask - Subnet Mask
3448 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3449 serverip - see above
3452 There are two special Environment Variables:
3454 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3455 as type string and/or serial number
3456 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3458 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3459 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3460 once they have been set once.
3463 Further special Environment Variables:
3465 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3466 with the "version" command. This variable is
3467 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3470 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3471 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3474 Callback functions for environment variables:
3475 ---------------------------------------------
3477 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
3478 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
3479 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
3480 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
3481 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
3483 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
3484 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
3486 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
3487 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
3488 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
3489 associations. The list must be in the following format:
3491 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
3494 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
3495 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
3497 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
3498 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
3499 override any association in the static list. You can define
3500 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
3501 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3503 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3504 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
3505 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
3507 The signature of the callback functions is:
3509 int callback(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op, int flags)
3511 * name - changed environment variable
3512 * value - new value of the environment variable
3513 * op - operation (create, overwrite, or delete)
3514 * flags - attributes of the environment variable change, see flags H_* in
3517 The return value is 0 if the variable change is accepted and 1 otherwise.
3519 Command Line Parsing:
3520 =====================
3522 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3523 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3525 Old, simple command line parser:
3526 --------------------------------
3528 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3529 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3530 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3531 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3533 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3534 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3535 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3540 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3541 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3542 until...do...done, ...
3543 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3544 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3545 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3551 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3552 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3553 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3556 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3557 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3558 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3559 variables are not executed.
3561 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3562 =======================================
3564 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3565 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3566 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3568 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3569 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3570 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3572 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3573 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3574 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3575 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3577 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3578 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3580 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3581 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3584 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3585 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3587 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3588 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3591 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3592 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
3593 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
3595 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3596 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3597 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3598 The naming convention is as follows:
3599 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
3604 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3605 images in two formats:
3607 New uImage format (FIT)
3608 -----------------------
3610 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3611 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3612 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3613 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3619 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3620 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3621 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3623 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3624 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3625 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3626 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3628 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
3629 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3630 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
3631 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3637 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3638 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3645 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3646 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3649 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3650 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3651 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3652 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3653 serves several purposes:
3655 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3656 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3657 Flash memory footprint)
3659 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3660 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3662 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3663 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3664 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3665 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3666 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3667 software is easier now.
3673 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3674 ---------------------------------------
3676 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3677 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3678 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3681 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3683 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3684 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3685 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3686 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3687 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3689 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
3690 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
3691 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
3695 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3696 -----------------------------
3698 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3699 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3702 Building a Linux Image:
3703 -----------------------
3705 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3706 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3707 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3708 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3709 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3710 100% compatible format.
3714 make TQM850L_defconfig
3719 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3720 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3721 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3723 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3725 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3727 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3728 -R .note -R .comment \
3729 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3731 * compress the binary image:
3735 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3737 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3738 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3739 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3742 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3743 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3744 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3745 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3746 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3747 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3749 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3750 print the header information, or to build new images.
3752 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3753 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3754 checksum verification:
3756 tools/mkimage -l image
3757 -l ==> list image header information
3759 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3760 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3762 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3763 -n name -d data_file image
3764 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3765 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3766 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3767 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3768 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3769 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3770 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3771 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3773 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3774 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3777 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3778 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3780 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3782 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3783 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3784 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3785 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3786 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3787 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3788 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3789 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3790 Load Address: 0x00000000
3791 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3793 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3795 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3796 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3797 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3798 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3799 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3800 Load Address: 0x00000000
3801 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3803 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3804 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3805 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3806 need to be uncompressed:
3808 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3809 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3810 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3811 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3812 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3813 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3814 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3815 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3816 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3817 Load Address: 0x00000000
3818 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3821 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3822 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3824 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3825 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3826 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3827 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3828 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3829 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3830 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3831 Load Address: 0x00000000
3832 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3834 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
3835 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
3836 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
3839 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
3840 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
3841 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3842 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
3845 Installing a Linux Image:
3846 -------------------------
3848 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3849 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3851 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3853 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3854 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3855 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3856 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3859 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3860 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3862 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3868 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3869 ~>examples/image.srec
3870 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3872 15989 15990 15991 15992
3873 [file transfer complete]
3875 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3878 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3879 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3880 corruption happened:
3884 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3885 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3886 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3887 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3888 Load Address: 00000000
3889 Entry Point: 0000000c
3890 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3896 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3897 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3898 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3899 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3900 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3903 => printenv bootargs
3904 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3906 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3908 => printenv bootargs
3909 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3912 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3913 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3914 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3915 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3916 Load Address: 00000000
3917 Entry Point: 0000000c
3918 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3919 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3920 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
3921 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3922 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3923 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3924 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3927 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3928 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3929 format!) to the "bootm" command:
3931 => imi 40100000 40200000
3933 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3934 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3935 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3936 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3937 Load Address: 00000000
3938 Entry Point: 0000000c
3939 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3941 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3942 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3943 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3944 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3945 Load Address: 00000000
3946 Entry Point: 00000000
3947 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3949 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3950 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3951 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3952 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3953 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3954 Load Address: 00000000
3955 Entry Point: 0000000c
3956 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3957 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3958 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3959 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3960 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3961 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3962 Load Address: 00000000
3963 Entry Point: 00000000
3964 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3965 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3966 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
3967 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3968 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3969 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3971 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3972 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3976 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3979 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3980 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3981 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3987 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3988 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
3989 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3991 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3992 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3993 Load address: 0x300000
3996 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3997 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3998 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4000 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4002 Load address: 0x200000
4003 Loading:############
4005 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4010 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4011 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4012 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4013 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4014 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4015 Load Address: 00000000
4016 Entry Point: 00000000
4017 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4018 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4019 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4020 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4021 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4025 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4026 ------------------------------
4028 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4030 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4031 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4032 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4033 the Standalone Program.
4034 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4035 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4036 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4037 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4038 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4039 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4040 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4042 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4043 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4044 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4045 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4046 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4047 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4049 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4050 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4051 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4052 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4053 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4054 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4056 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4057 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4060 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4061 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4062 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4063 as command interpreter.
4065 Booting the Linux zImage:
4066 -------------------------
4068 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4069 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4070 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4072 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
4073 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4074 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4075 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4081 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4082 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4083 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4085 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4090 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4091 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4092 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4096 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4097 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4098 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4099 [file transfer complete]
4101 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4103 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4104 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4115 Hit any key to exit ...
4117 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4119 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4120 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4121 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4122 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4123 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4124 controlled by the following keys:
4126 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4127 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4128 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4129 q - quit application
4132 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4133 ~>examples/timer.srec
4134 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4135 [file transfer complete]
4137 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4140 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4143 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4146 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4149 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4150 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4153 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4156 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4159 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4161 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4163 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4169 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4170 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4171 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4172 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4173 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4174 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
4175 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
4176 for help with kermit.
4179 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4180 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4182 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4183 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4184 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4190 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4191 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4193 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4194 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4195 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4196 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4197 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4198 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4200 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4202 # ln -s powerpc machine
4203 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4204 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4206 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4207 and U-Boot include files.
4209 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4210 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4211 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4212 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4213 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4216 Implementation Internals:
4217 =========================
4219 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4220 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4221 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4225 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4226 ---------------------------
4228 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4229 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4230 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4231 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4232 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4233 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4234 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4235 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4236 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4237 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4239 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4240 U-Boot mailing list:
4242 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4244 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4247 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4248 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4249 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4250 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4251 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4252 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4253 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4254 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4256 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4257 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4258 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4259 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4260 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4261 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4264 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4265 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4266 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4267 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4268 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4269 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4270 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4271 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4272 you get the config right.
4277 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4278 code for the initialization procedures:
4280 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4283 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
4284 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4285 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4287 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4290 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4291 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
4292 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4293 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4294 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4295 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4296 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4297 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4298 reserve for this purpose.
4300 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4301 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4302 GCC's implementation.
4304 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4306 R2: reserved for system use
4307 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4308 R5-R10: parameter passing
4309 R13: small data area pointer
4313 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4314 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4315 going back and forth between asm and C)
4317 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4319 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4320 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4321 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4322 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4323 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4324 624 text + 127 data).
4326 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4328 R0: function argument word/integer result
4329 R1-R3: function argument word
4330 R9: platform specific
4331 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
4332 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4333 R12: temporary workspace
4336 R15: program counter
4338 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
4340 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
4342 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4343 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4345 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4347 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4348 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4350 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4352 R0-R1: argument/return
4354 R15: temporary register for assembler
4355 R16: trampoline register
4356 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4357 R29: global pointer (GP)
4358 R30: link register (LP)
4359 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4360 PC: program counter (PC)
4362 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4364 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4365 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4367 On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
4369 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
4370 x1: return address (ra)
4371 x2: stack pointer (sp)
4372 x3: global pointer (gp)
4373 x4: thread pointer (tp)
4374 x5: link register (t0)
4375 x8: frame pointer (fp)
4376 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
4377 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
4378 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
4379 pc: program counter (pc)
4381 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4386 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4387 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4389 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4390 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4391 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4392 physical memory banks.
4394 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4395 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4396 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4397 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4398 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4399 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4400 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4402 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4403 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4405 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4408 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4411 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4417 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4418 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4419 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4422 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4423 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4424 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4425 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4428 System Initialization:
4429 ----------------------
4431 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4432 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4433 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
4434 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4435 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4436 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4437 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
4438 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
4441 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4442 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4443 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4444 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4445 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4446 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4449 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4450 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4451 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4452 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4453 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4455 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4456 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4457 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4458 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4460 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4461 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4462 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4466 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4467 ----------------------
4469 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4473 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4475 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4477 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4478 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4480 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4481 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4485 Download latest U-Boot source;
4487 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4490 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4493 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4494 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4495 Read applicable doc/README.*;
4496 Read the source, Luke;
4497 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4500 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4503 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4505 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4506 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4507 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4509 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4510 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4512 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4513 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4518 Add / modify source code;
4522 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4524 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4525 if (reasonable critiques)
4526 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4528 Defend code as written;
4534 void no_more_time (int sig)
4543 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4544 coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
4545 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
4546 script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
4548 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4549 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4550 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4553 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4554 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4557 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4558 - remove any trailing white space
4559 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
4560 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4561 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
4562 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4564 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4565 with a request to reformat the changes.
4571 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4572 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4573 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4575 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4578 see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
4580 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4583 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4584 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4585 patch actually fixes something.
4587 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4590 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
4591 information and associated file and directory references.
4593 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
4594 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
4596 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4597 document these in the README file.
4599 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4600 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4601 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
4602 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4603 with some other mail clients.
4605 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4606 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4609 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4610 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4611 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4614 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4615 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4617 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4618 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4620 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4621 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4626 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
4627 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4628 for any of the boards.
4630 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4631 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4632 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4634 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4635 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4636 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4637 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4638 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4641 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4642 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4643 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4644 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.