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://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
62 https://source.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 (https://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 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
85 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
86 - create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
87 - current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
140 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
141 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
142 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
143 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
144 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture
145 /api Machine/arch-independent API for external apps
146 /board Board-dependent files
147 /boot Support for images and booting
148 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
149 /common Misc architecture-independent functions
150 /configs Board default configuration files
151 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
152 /doc Documentation (a mix of ReST and READMEs)
153 /drivers Device drivers
154 /dts Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
155 /env Environment support
156 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
157 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
158 /include Header Files
159 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
160 /Licenses Various license files
162 /post Power On Self Test
163 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
164 /test Various unit test files
165 /tools Tools to build and sign FIT images, etc.
167 Software Configuration:
168 =======================
170 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
171 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
173 There are two classes of configuration variables:
175 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
176 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
179 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
180 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
181 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
184 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
185 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
186 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
187 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
191 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
192 ---------------------------------------------------
194 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
195 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
197 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
200 make TQM823L_defconfig
202 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
203 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
204 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
209 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
210 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
211 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
212 run some of U-Boot's tests.
214 See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details.
217 Board Initialisation Flow:
218 --------------------------
220 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
221 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
223 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
224 more detail later in this file.
226 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
227 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
228 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
229 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
231 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
232 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
234 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
235 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
236 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
238 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
239 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
242 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
243 - no global_data or BSS
244 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
245 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
246 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
248 - this is almost never needed
249 - return normally from this function
252 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
253 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
254 - global_data is available
256 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
257 only stack variables and global_data
259 Non-SPL-specific notes:
260 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
264 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
266 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
267 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
268 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
269 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
270 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
271 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
272 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
273 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
274 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
275 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
276 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
279 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
280 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
281 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
285 - purpose: main execution, common code
286 - global_data is available
288 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
289 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
291 Non-SPL-specific notes:
292 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
296 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
297 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
298 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
299 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
300 spl_board_init() function containing this call
301 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
304 Configuration Options:
305 ----------------------
307 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
308 such information is kept in a configuration file
309 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
311 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
312 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
315 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
316 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
317 build a config tool - later.
319 - ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
320 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
321 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
322 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
326 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
331 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
333 The following options need to be configured:
335 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
337 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
344 compliance, among other possible reasons.
346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
355 tree nodes for the given platform.
357 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
379 required during NOR boot.
381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
388 according to the A004510 workaround.
390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
396 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
400 connected to the DSP core.
402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
418 - Generic CPU options:
419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
422 values is arch specific.
425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
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
468 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
469 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
471 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
472 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
474 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
475 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
477 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
478 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
480 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
481 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
484 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
486 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
487 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
488 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
489 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
491 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
492 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
493 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
496 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
497 Number of controllers used as main memory.
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
500 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
502 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
503 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
505 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
506 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
509 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
512 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
514 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
515 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
518 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
520 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
521 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
522 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
525 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
527 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
528 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
531 Generic timer clock source frequency.
533 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
534 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
535 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
539 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
541 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
542 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
543 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
545 - Linux Kernel Interface:
546 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
548 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
549 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
550 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
554 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
555 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
559 * New libfdt-based support
560 * Adds the "fdt" command
561 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
563 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
565 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
568 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
570 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
571 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
573 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
575 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
576 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
577 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
582 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
583 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
584 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
585 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
586 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
587 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
589 - vxWorks boot parameters:
591 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
592 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
593 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
594 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
596 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
597 the defaults discussed just above.
599 - Cache Configuration:
600 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
602 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
603 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
605 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
606 controller register space
611 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
612 the clock speed of the UARTs.
616 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
617 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
618 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
620 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
622 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
623 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
625 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
627 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
628 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
629 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
630 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
631 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
632 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
634 - Removal of commands
635 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
636 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
637 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
638 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
639 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
640 simple boot procedures.
642 - Regular expression support:
644 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
645 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
646 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
647 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
651 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
652 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
653 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
654 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
655 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
657 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
658 be done using one of the three options below:
661 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
662 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
663 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
665 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
667 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
668 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
669 still use the individual files if you need something more
673 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
674 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
675 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
676 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
680 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
681 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
682 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
683 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
684 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
685 available, then no further board specific code should
689 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
690 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
691 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
693 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
694 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
695 from the timer interrupt handler every
696 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
697 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
698 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
699 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
704 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
705 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
708 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
709 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
710 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
711 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
712 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
713 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
714 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
715 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
716 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
717 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
718 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
719 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
722 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
723 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
726 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
728 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
729 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
730 pins supported by a particular chip.
732 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
733 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
736 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
737 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
738 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
739 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
740 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
741 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
742 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
743 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
745 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
746 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
747 still continue to operate.
750 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
751 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
752 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
753 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
754 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
755 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
759 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
760 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
761 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
762 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
764 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
765 Zero or more of the following:
766 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
767 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
768 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
769 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
771 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
772 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
775 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
776 board configurations files but used nowhere!
778 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
779 be performed by calling the function
780 ide_set_reset(int reset)
781 which has to be defined in a board specific file
786 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
791 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
792 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
793 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
794 support disks up to 2.1TB.
796 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
797 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
801 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
802 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
803 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
804 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
807 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
808 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
810 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
812 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
813 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
814 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
817 Support for National dp83815 chips.
820 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
822 - NETWORK Support (other):
824 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
827 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
829 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
830 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
833 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
836 Define this to hold the physical address
837 of the device (I/O space)
839 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
840 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
842 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
843 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
844 (some hardware wont work with macros)
846 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
847 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
850 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
852 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
853 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
854 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
855 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
856 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
857 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
858 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
859 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
862 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
864 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
865 Define the number of ports to be used
867 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
868 Define the ETH PHY's address
870 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
871 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
877 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
878 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
879 per system is supported at this time.
881 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
882 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
885 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
887 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
888 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
889 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
891 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
892 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
893 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
896 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
899 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
900 per system is supported at this time.
902 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
903 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
904 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
908 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
909 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
910 Requires support for a TPM device.
912 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
913 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
914 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
917 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
918 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
919 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
920 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
921 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
924 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
927 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
928 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
930 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
934 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
935 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
936 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
937 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
938 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
939 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
940 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
941 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
942 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
944 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
945 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
946 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
947 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
950 Define this to build a UDC device
953 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
954 talk to the UDC device
957 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
958 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
959 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
960 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
961 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
964 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
965 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
966 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
967 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
968 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
969 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
971 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
972 Define this string as the name of your company for
973 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
975 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
976 Define this string as the name of your product
977 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
980 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
981 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
982 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
983 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
985 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
986 Define this as the unique Product ID
988 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
990 - ULPI Layer Support:
991 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
992 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
993 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
994 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
995 viewport is supported.
996 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
997 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
998 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
999 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1000 the appropriate value in Hz.
1003 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1004 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1005 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1006 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1007 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1008 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1011 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1013 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1014 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1017 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1019 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1021 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1024 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1027 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1028 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1029 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1030 one that would help mostly the developer.
1032 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1033 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1034 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1035 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1036 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1038 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1039 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1040 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1041 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1042 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1043 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1045 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1046 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1047 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1048 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1050 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1051 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1052 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1053 sending again an USB request to the device.
1055 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1057 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1059 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1060 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1061 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1064 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1068 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1069 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1070 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1071 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1076 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1077 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1078 support, and should also define these other macros:
1083 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1084 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1086 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1088 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1089 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1090 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1091 description of this variable.
1093 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1095 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1096 display); also select one of the supported displays
1097 by defining one of these:
1101 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1103 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1105 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1107 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1109 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1110 Active, color, single scan.
1112 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1114 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1115 Active, color, single scan.
1119 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1120 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1122 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1124 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1125 Active, color, single scan.
1129 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1130 Active, color, single scan.
1134 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1136 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1140 320x240. Black & white.
1142 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1144 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1145 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1146 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1147 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1148 a per-section basis.
1153 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1154 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1155 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1156 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1158 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1159 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1160 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1161 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1162 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1163 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1164 1 = 90 degree rotation
1165 2 = 180 degree rotation
1166 3 = 270 degree rotation
1168 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1169 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1173 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1176 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1178 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1180 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1182 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1183 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1184 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1185 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1187 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1189 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1190 command issued before MII status register can be read
1195 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1196 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1197 determined through e.g. bootp.
1198 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1200 - Server IP address:
1203 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1204 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1205 (Environment variable "serverip")
1207 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1209 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1210 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1212 - Gateway IP address:
1215 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1216 default router where packets to other networks are
1218 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1223 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1224 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1225 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1226 forwarded through a router.
1227 (Environment variable "netmask")
1229 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1230 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1232 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1233 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1234 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1235 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1236 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1237 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1238 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1239 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1240 following delays are inserted then:
1242 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1243 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1244 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1246 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1248 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1250 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1251 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1252 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1253 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1254 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1255 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1256 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1257 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1258 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1259 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1260 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1261 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1262 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1263 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1264 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1266 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1267 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1268 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1270 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1271 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1272 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1273 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1274 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1275 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1277 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1278 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1280 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1281 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1282 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1283 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1286 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1288 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1289 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1290 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1291 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1292 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1293 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1294 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1295 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1296 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1297 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1300 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1301 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1302 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1303 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1304 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1306 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1308 - MAC address from environment variables
1310 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1312 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1313 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1314 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1315 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1318 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1320 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1322 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1324 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1329 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1330 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1331 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1333 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1335 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1336 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1340 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1344 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1348 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1350 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1352 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1353 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1355 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1357 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1359 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1361 Several configurations allow to display the current
1362 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1363 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1364 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1365 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1366 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1367 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1372 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1373 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1374 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1375 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1376 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1378 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1379 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1380 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1381 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1382 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1383 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1386 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
1387 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
1389 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1390 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1391 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1394 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1395 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1396 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1399 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
1400 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
1401 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1402 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1403 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1405 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1406 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1407 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1408 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1409 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1410 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1411 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1412 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1413 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1417 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
1418 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1419 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1420 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1421 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1422 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
1423 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
1424 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1425 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
1427 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1429 - Legacy I2C Support:
1430 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
1431 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1432 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1436 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1437 controller or configure ports.
1439 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1443 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1444 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1447 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1451 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1452 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1455 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1459 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1462 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1466 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1467 is false, it clears it (low).
1469 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1470 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1471 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1475 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1476 is false, it clears it (low).
1478 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1479 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1480 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1484 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1485 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1486 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1489 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1491 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1493 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1494 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1495 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1496 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1498 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1499 the generic GPIO functions.
1501 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1503 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1504 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1505 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1506 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1507 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1508 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1509 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1510 is run early in the boot sequence.
1512 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1514 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1515 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1516 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1517 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1519 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1521 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1522 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1523 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1524 a 1D array of device addresses
1527 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1528 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1530 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1532 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1533 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1535 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1537 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1539 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1540 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1542 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1544 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1545 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1547 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1549 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1550 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1551 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1552 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1553 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1554 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1557 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1559 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1560 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1561 D/As on the SACSng board)
1565 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1566 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1567 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1568 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1569 defined, the board configuration must define several
1570 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1571 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1573 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1574 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1575 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1577 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1579 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1581 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1583 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1586 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1588 Enables support for FPGA family.
1589 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1593 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1595 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1597 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1599 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1601 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1602 status by the configuration function. This option
1603 will require a board or device specific function to
1608 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1609 configuration driver.
1611 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1612 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1614 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1616 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1617 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1618 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1619 indicated a CRC error).
1621 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1623 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1624 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
1625 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1628 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1630 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
1631 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1633 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1635 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1638 - Configuration Management:
1642 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1643 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1645 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1647 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1648 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1649 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1650 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1651 protects these variables from casual modification by
1652 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1653 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1654 change this behaviour:
1656 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1657 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1658 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1661 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1662 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1663 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1664 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1665 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1668 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1669 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1670 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1671 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1676 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1677 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1678 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1679 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1680 this default value by defining an environment
1681 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1682 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1683 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1684 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1685 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1686 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1687 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1689 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1692 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1693 either, which results in a memory region that will
1694 not be affected by reboots.
1696 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1697 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1698 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1699 following board configurations are known to be
1702 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
1703 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
1706 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
1707 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
1708 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
1709 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
1710 machines using physical address extension or similar.
1711 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
1712 currently only supports clearing the memory.
1715 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1717 This variable defines the number of retries for
1718 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1719 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1720 default value of 5 is used.
1724 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1728 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
1729 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
1730 try longer timeout such as
1731 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
1735 In the current implementation, the local variables
1736 space and global environment variables space are
1737 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1738 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1739 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1740 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1741 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1743 Global environment variables are those you use
1744 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1745 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1746 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1748 To store commands and special characters in a
1749 variable, please use double quotation marks
1750 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1751 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1754 - Command Line Editing and History:
1755 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
1757 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
1758 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
1759 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
1762 - Default Environment:
1763 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1765 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1766 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1767 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1769 For example, place something like this in your
1770 board's config file:
1772 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1776 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1777 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1778 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1779 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1780 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1781 You better know what you are doing here.
1783 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1784 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1785 the environment like the "source" command or the
1788 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1790 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
1791 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
1792 that so that the environment is not available until
1793 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1794 this is instead controlled by the value of
1795 /config/load-environment.
1797 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1800 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
1801 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
1802 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
1803 number generator is used.
1805 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1806 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1807 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1809 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
1810 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1811 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1812 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1813 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1814 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1815 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1817 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
1819 This option defines a board specific value for the
1820 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
1821 overwriting the architecture dependent default
1824 - Frame Buffer Address:
1827 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
1828 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
1829 when using a graphics controller has separate video
1830 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
1831 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
1832 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
1833 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
1834 configured panel size.
1836 Please see board_init_f function.
1838 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1840 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1841 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1843 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1844 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1846 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
1847 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1848 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1849 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1850 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1851 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1852 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1854 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1855 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1856 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1857 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1858 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1862 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1863 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1864 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1865 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1866 flash), this value is ignored.
1868 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1869 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1870 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1871 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1872 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1873 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1875 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1876 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1877 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1878 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1879 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1880 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1881 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1886 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1887 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1888 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1889 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1890 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1891 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1892 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1893 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1894 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1895 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1896 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1897 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1899 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1900 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1904 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1905 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1910 Enable building of SPL globally.
1912 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
1913 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
1914 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
1915 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
1916 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
1917 must not be both defined at the same time.
1920 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
1921 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
1922 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
1925 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
1926 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
1927 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
1929 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
1930 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
1932 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
1933 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
1934 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
1935 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
1936 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
1937 must not be both defined at the same time.
1940 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
1942 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1943 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1944 loaded does not have a signature.
1945 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1946 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1948 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1949 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1950 and thus should be skipped silently.
1952 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
1953 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
1954 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
1957 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
1958 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
1959 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
1960 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
1961 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
1963 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
1964 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
1966 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1967 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1968 about the running system.
1970 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
1971 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
1973 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
1974 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
1977 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
1978 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
1979 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
1981 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
1982 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
1983 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
1984 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
1987 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
1988 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
1990 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
1991 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
1992 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
1994 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
1995 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
1996 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
1998 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1999 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2000 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2001 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2002 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2004 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2005 Avoid SPL relocation
2007 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT
2008 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash.
2009 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE.
2012 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2015 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2016 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2017 if you need to save space.
2019 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2020 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2023 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2024 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2025 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2026 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2027 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2028 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2031 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2032 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2034 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2035 Size of image to load
2037 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2038 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
2040 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2041 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2042 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
2044 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2045 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2048 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2049 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2050 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2051 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2052 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2055 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2056 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2057 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2059 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
2060 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2061 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2062 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2063 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2067 Enable building of TPL globally.
2070 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2071 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2072 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2073 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2074 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2076 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2078 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2079 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2080 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2081 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2082 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2083 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2084 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2085 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2086 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2087 general timer_interrupt().
2090 Board initialization settings:
2091 ------------------------------
2093 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2094 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2095 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2096 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2097 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2098 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2100 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2101 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2102 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2103 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2105 Configuration Settings:
2106 -----------------------
2108 - MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
2109 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2111 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2112 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2114 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2115 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2117 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2118 prompt for user input.
2120 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2122 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2124 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2126 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2127 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2130 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2131 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2133 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
2134 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
2135 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2136 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2137 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
2138 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
2139 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2140 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2142 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
2143 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2144 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2145 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2146 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2147 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2148 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2149 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2150 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2151 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2153 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2154 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2157 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2158 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2159 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2160 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2163 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2164 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2166 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2167 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2169 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2170 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2172 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2173 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2174 make config files to be same as the text base address
2175 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2176 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2178 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2179 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2180 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2181 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2184 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2185 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2187 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2188 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2189 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2190 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2191 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2194 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2195 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2196 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
2197 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
2198 U-Boot relocates itself.
2200 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2201 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2202 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2203 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2205 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2206 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2207 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2208 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2209 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2210 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2211 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2212 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2213 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2214 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2215 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2216 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2217 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2218 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2219 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2220 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2222 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2224 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2225 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2226 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2227 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2228 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2230 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2231 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2232 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2233 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2234 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2235 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2236 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2237 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2238 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2239 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2240 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2242 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2243 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2244 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2247 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2248 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2249 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2251 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2252 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2253 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2255 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2256 Max number of Flash memory banks
2258 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2259 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2261 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2262 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2264 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2265 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2267 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2268 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2270 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2271 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2273 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2274 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2275 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2277 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2279 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2280 without this option such a download has to be
2281 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2282 copy from RAM to flash.
2284 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2285 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2286 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2287 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2288 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2290 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2291 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2292 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2294 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2295 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2296 in the drivers directory
2298 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2299 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2300 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2303 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2304 Use buffered writes to flash.
2306 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2307 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2310 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2311 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2312 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2313 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2314 optionally available.
2316 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2317 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2318 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2319 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2321 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2322 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2323 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2324 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2325 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2326 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2327 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2328 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2330 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2331 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2332 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2333 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2334 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2335 on high Ethernet traffic.
2336 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2338 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2340 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2341 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2342 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2343 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2344 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2346 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2347 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2348 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
2349 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2350 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2351 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2353 The format of the list is:
2354 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
2355 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
2356 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
2357 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
2360 The type attributes are:
2361 s - String (default)
2364 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
2368 The access attributes are:
2374 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2375 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
2376 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
2378 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2379 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
2380 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
2381 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
2382 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
2385 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
2386 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
2387 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
2389 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2390 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2391 following configurations:
2393 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2395 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2396 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2398 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2399 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2400 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2403 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2404 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2405 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2406 to save the current settings.
2408 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
2409 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
2410 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
2411 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
2413 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2415 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2416 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2417 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2419 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2420 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2421 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
2422 until then to read environment variables.
2424 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2425 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2426 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2427 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2428 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2429 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2431 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2432 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2433 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2435 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2436 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2438 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2439 also needs to be defined.
2441 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2442 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2444 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2445 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2446 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2447 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2448 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2449 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2451 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
2452 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
2453 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
2456 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
2457 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
2458 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
2461 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
2462 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
2463 build system checks that the actual size does not
2466 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2467 ---------------------------------------------------
2469 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2470 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2472 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
2473 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
2476 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
2477 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
2478 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
2480 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
2481 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
2482 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
2483 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
2484 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
2485 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
2486 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
2488 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
2489 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2491 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
2492 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2493 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
2494 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2495 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2497 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2498 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
2499 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2500 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2502 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
2503 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
2504 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
2507 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2508 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2509 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2510 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2511 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
2514 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2515 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2516 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
2518 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2520 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2521 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2522 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2523 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2524 will become available only after programming the
2525 memory controller and running certain initialization
2528 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2529 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2531 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2533 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2534 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2535 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2536 data is located at the end of the available space
2537 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
2538 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2539 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2540 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2543 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2544 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2545 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2546 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2547 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2549 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2551 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2554 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2555 periodic timer for refresh
2557 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2558 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2559 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2560 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2561 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2563 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2564 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2565 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2566 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2569 Chip has SRIO or not
2572 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2575 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2577 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2578 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2580 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2581 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2583 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
2584 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2586 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2587 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2589 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2590 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2592 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
2593 Example of drivers that use it:
2594 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2595 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
2597 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2598 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2599 a default value will be used.
2602 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2603 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2606 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2608 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2609 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2610 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2611 to something your driver can deal with.
2613 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2614 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2615 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2616 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2617 header files or board specific files.
2619 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2620 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2622 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2623 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2625 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2626 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2628 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2629 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2630 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2633 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2634 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2635 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2637 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2638 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2641 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2643 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2644 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2648 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2649 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
2651 - CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
2652 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2657 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2659 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
2660 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2662 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
2663 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
2666 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2667 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2668 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2672 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2673 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2674 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2677 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
2678 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
2679 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
2680 previous 4k of the .text section.
2682 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2683 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2684 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2685 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2686 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2687 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2688 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2689 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2691 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2692 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2693 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
2695 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2696 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2697 driver that uses this:
2698 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
2700 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2701 -----------------------------------
2703 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2704 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2705 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2706 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2709 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2710 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
2711 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
2714 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2715 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
2716 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
2719 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2720 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2721 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2722 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2723 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2725 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2726 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2727 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2728 virtual address in NOR flash.
2730 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2731 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2732 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2734 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2735 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2736 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2738 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2739 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2740 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
2741 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2742 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2743 master's memory space.
2745 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2746 ---------------------------------------------------------
2747 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2749 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2750 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2753 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2754 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2756 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2757 -------------------------------------------
2758 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2759 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2760 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2762 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
2763 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
2768 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
2769 process have to be set to a fixed value.
2771 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
2772 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
2773 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
2775 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
2777 Building the Software:
2778 ======================
2780 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2781 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2782 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2783 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2784 recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2785 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
2787 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2788 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2789 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2790 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2791 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
2793 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2794 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
2796 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2797 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2802 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2803 rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
2805 Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
2806 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2807 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2808 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2809 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
2811 make TQM823L_defconfig
2812 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2814 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
2815 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2820 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2821 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2823 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2824 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2825 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2827 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2828 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2829 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2831 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2833 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2834 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
2835 make O=/tmp/build all
2837 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
2839 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
2844 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
2847 User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
2848 setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
2849 For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
2851 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
2853 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2854 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2858 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2859 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2862 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2863 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2864 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
2865 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2867 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2868 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
2869 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
2870 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2871 to be installed on your target system.
2872 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2873 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2876 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2877 ==============================================================
2879 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2880 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2881 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2882 the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2883 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2885 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2886 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2887 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2888 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
2889 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
2890 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
2894 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2897 Monitor Commands - Overview:
2898 ============================
2900 go - start application at address 'addr'
2901 run - run commands in an environment variable
2902 bootm - boot application image from memory
2903 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2904 bootz - boot zImage from memory
2905 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2906 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2907 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2908 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
2909 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2910 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2911 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2912 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2914 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2915 nm - memory modify (constant address)
2916 mw - memory write (fill)
2919 cmp - memory compare
2920 crc32 - checksum calculation
2921 i2c - I2C sub-system
2922 sspi - SPI utility commands
2923 base - print or set address offset
2924 printenv- print environment variables
2925 pwm - control pwm channels
2926 setenv - set environment variables
2927 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2928 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2929 erase - erase FLASH memory
2930 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2931 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
2932 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2933 iminfo - print header information for application image
2934 coninfo - print console devices and informations
2935 ide - IDE sub-system
2936 loop - infinite loop on address range
2937 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
2938 mtest - simple RAM test
2939 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2940 dcache - enable or disable data cache
2941 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2942 echo - echo args to console
2943 version - print monitor version
2944 help - print online help
2945 ? - alias for 'help'
2948 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2949 ========================================
2953 For now: just type "help <command>".
2956 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2957 =======================================
2959 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2960 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2961 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
2963 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2964 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2965 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
2967 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2968 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2969 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2970 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
2972 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2973 environment, the SROM's address is used.
2975 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2976 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2979 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2980 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
2982 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2983 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2986 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2987 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
2988 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
2990 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
2991 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
2992 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
2993 The naming convention is as follows:
2994 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
2999 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3000 images in two formats:
3002 New uImage format (FIT)
3003 -----------------------
3005 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3006 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3007 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3008 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3014 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3015 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3016 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3018 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3019 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3020 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3021 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3023 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
3024 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3025 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
3026 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3032 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3033 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3040 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3041 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3044 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3045 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3046 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3047 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3048 serves several purposes:
3050 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3051 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3052 Flash memory footprint)
3054 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3055 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3057 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3058 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3059 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3060 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3061 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3062 software is easier now.
3068 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3069 ---------------------------------------
3071 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3072 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3073 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3076 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3078 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3079 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3080 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3081 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3082 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3084 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
3085 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
3086 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
3090 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3091 -----------------------------
3093 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3094 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3097 Building a Linux Image:
3098 -----------------------
3100 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3101 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3102 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3103 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3104 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3105 100% compatible format.
3109 make TQM850L_defconfig
3114 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3115 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3116 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3118 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3120 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3122 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3123 -R .note -R .comment \
3124 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3126 * compress the binary image:
3130 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3132 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3133 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3134 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3137 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3138 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3139 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3140 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3141 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3142 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3144 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3145 print the header information, or to build new images.
3147 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3148 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3149 checksum verification:
3151 tools/mkimage -l image
3152 -l ==> list image header information
3154 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3155 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3157 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3158 -n name -d data_file image
3159 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3160 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3161 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3162 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3163 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3164 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3165 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3166 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3168 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3169 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3172 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3173 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3175 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3177 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3178 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3179 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3180 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3181 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3182 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3183 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3184 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3185 Load Address: 0x00000000
3186 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3188 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3190 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3191 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3192 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3193 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3194 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3195 Load Address: 0x00000000
3196 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3198 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3199 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3200 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3201 need to be uncompressed:
3203 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3204 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3205 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3206 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3207 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3208 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3209 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3210 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3211 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3212 Load Address: 0x00000000
3213 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3216 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3217 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3219 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3220 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3221 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3222 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3223 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3224 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3225 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3226 Load Address: 0x00000000
3227 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3229 The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
3230 built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
3232 Installing a Linux Image:
3233 -------------------------
3235 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3236 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3238 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3240 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3241 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3242 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3243 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3246 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3247 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3249 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3255 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3256 ~>examples/image.srec
3257 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3259 15989 15990 15991 15992
3260 [file transfer complete]
3262 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3265 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3266 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3267 corruption happened:
3271 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3272 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3273 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3274 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3275 Load Address: 00000000
3276 Entry Point: 0000000c
3277 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3283 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3284 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3285 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3286 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3287 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3290 => printenv bootargs
3291 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3293 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3295 => printenv bootargs
3296 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3299 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3300 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3301 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3302 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3303 Load Address: 00000000
3304 Entry Point: 0000000c
3305 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3306 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3307 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
3308 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3309 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3310 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3311 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3314 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3315 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3316 format!) to the "bootm" command:
3318 => imi 40100000 40200000
3320 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3321 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3322 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3323 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3324 Load Address: 00000000
3325 Entry Point: 0000000c
3326 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3328 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3329 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3330 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3331 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3332 Load Address: 00000000
3333 Entry Point: 00000000
3334 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3336 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3337 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3338 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3339 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3340 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3341 Load Address: 00000000
3342 Entry Point: 0000000c
3343 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3344 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3345 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3346 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3347 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3348 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3349 Load Address: 00000000
3350 Entry Point: 00000000
3351 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3352 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3353 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
3354 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3355 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3356 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3358 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3359 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3363 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3366 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3367 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3368 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3374 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3375 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
3376 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3378 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3379 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3380 Load address: 0x300000
3383 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3384 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3385 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3387 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3389 Load address: 0x200000
3390 Loading:############
3392 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3397 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3398 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3399 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3400 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3401 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3402 Load Address: 00000000
3403 Entry Point: 00000000
3404 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3405 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3406 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3407 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3408 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3412 More About U-Boot Image Types:
3413 ------------------------------
3415 U-Boot supports the following image types:
3417 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3418 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3419 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3420 the Standalone Program.
3421 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3422 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3423 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3424 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3425 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3426 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3427 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3429 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3430 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3431 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3432 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3433 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3434 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3436 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3437 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3438 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3439 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3440 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3441 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3443 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3444 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3447 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3448 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3449 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3450 as command interpreter.
3452 Booting the Linux zImage:
3453 -------------------------
3455 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
3456 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
3457 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
3459 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
3460 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
3461 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
3462 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
3468 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3469 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3470 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3472 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3477 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3478 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3479 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3483 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3484 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3485 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3486 [file transfer complete]
3488 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3490 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3491 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3502 Hit any key to exit ...
3504 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3506 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3507 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3508 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3509 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3510 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3511 controlled by the following keys:
3513 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3514 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3515 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3516 q - quit application
3519 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3520 ~>examples/timer.srec
3521 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3522 [file transfer complete]
3524 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3527 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3530 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3533 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3536 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3537 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3540 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3543 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3546 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3548 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3550 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3556 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3557 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3558 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3559 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3560 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3561 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
3562 https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
3563 for help with kermit.
3566 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3567 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3569 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3570 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3571 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3577 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3578 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3580 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3581 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3582 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3583 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3584 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3585 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3587 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3589 # ln -s powerpc machine
3590 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3591 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3593 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3594 and U-Boot include files.
3596 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3597 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3598 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3599 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
3600 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
3603 Implementation Internals:
3604 =========================
3606 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3607 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3608 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3612 Initial Stack, Global Data:
3613 ---------------------------
3615 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3616 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3617 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3618 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3619 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3620 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3621 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3622 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3623 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3624 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3626 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3627 U-Boot mailing list:
3629 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3631 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3634 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3635 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3636 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3637 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3638 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3639 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
3640 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3641 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3643 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3644 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3645 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3646 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3647 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3648 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3651 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3652 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3653 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
3654 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
3655 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3656 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3657 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3658 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3659 you get the config right.
3664 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3665 code for the initialization procedures:
3667 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3670 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
3671 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3672 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3674 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3677 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3678 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
3679 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3680 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3681 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3682 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3683 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3684 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3685 reserve for this purpose.
3687 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3688 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3689 GCC's implementation.
3691 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3693 R2: reserved for system use
3694 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3695 R5-R10: parameter passing
3696 R13: small data area pointer
3700 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
3701 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
3702 going back and forth between asm and C)
3704 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
3706 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3707 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3708 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3709 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3710 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3711 624 text + 127 data).
3713 On ARM, the following registers are used:
3715 R0: function argument word/integer result
3716 R1-R3: function argument word
3717 R9: platform specific
3718 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
3719 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3720 R12: temporary workspace
3723 R15: program counter
3725 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
3727 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
3729 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
3730 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
3732 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3734 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
3735 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
3737 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
3739 R0-R1: argument/return
3741 R15: temporary register for assembler
3742 R16: trampoline register
3743 R28: frame pointer (FP)
3744 R29: global pointer (GP)
3745 R30: link register (LP)
3746 R31: stack pointer (SP)
3747 PC: program counter (PC)
3749 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
3751 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3752 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
3754 On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
3756 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
3757 x1: return address (ra)
3758 x2: stack pointer (sp)
3759 x3: global pointer (gp)
3760 x4: thread pointer (tp)
3761 x5: link register (t0)
3762 x8: frame pointer (fp)
3763 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
3764 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
3765 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
3766 pc: program counter (pc)
3768 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3773 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3774 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3776 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3777 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3778 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3779 physical memory banks.
3781 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3782 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3783 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3784 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3785 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
3786 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3787 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3789 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3790 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3792 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3795 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3798 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3804 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3805 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3806 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3809 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3810 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3811 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3812 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3815 System Initialization:
3816 ----------------------
3818 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3819 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3820 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
3821 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3822 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3823 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3824 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
3825 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
3828 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3829 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3830 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3831 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3832 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3833 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3836 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3837 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3838 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
3839 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3840 contiguous memory starting from 0.
3842 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3843 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3844 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3845 pages, and the final stack is set up.
3847 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3848 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3849 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3853 U-Boot Porting Guide:
3854 ----------------------
3856 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3860 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
3862 sighandler_t no_more_time;
3864 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3865 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
3867 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3868 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3872 Download latest U-Boot source;
3874 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
3877 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3880 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3881 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
3882 Read applicable doc/README.*;
3883 Read the source, Luke;
3884 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
3887 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
3890 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3892 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
3893 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
3894 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
3896 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3897 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
3899 Edit new board/<myboard> files
3900 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
3905 Add / modify source code;
3909 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
3911 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
3912 if (reasonable critiques)
3913 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
3915 Defend code as written;
3921 void no_more_time (int sig)
3930 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3931 coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
3932 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
3933 script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
3935 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3936 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3937 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3940 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3941 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3944 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3945 - remove any trailing white space
3946 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
3947 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3948 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
3949 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
3951 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3952 with a request to reformat the changes.
3958 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3959 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3960 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
3962 Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
3965 see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
3967 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3970 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3971 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3972 patch actually fixes something.
3974 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
3977 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
3978 information and associated file and directory references.
3980 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
3981 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
3983 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3984 document these in the README file.
3986 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3987 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
3988 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
3989 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3990 with some other mail clients.
3992 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3993 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3996 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3997 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3998 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4001 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4002 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4004 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4005 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4007 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4008 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4013 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
4014 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4015 for any of the boards.
4017 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4018 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4019 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4021 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4022 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4023 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4024 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4025 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4028 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4029 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4030 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4031 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.