2 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
5 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
11 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
12 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
13 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
14 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
17 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
18 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
19 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
20 support booting of Linux images.
22 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
23 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
24 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
25 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
26 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
27 load and run it dynamically.
33 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
34 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
35 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
37 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
38 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
39 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
40 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
42 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
43 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
44 from the Git log using:
52 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
53 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
55 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
56 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
57 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
60 Where to get source code:
61 =========================
63 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
64 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
65 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
67 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
68 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
69 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
72 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
73 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
79 - start from 8xxrom sources
80 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
82 - make it easier to add custom boards
83 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
84 - extend functions, especially:
85 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
88 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
89 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
90 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
91 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
92 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
98 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
99 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
100 in source files etc.). Example:
102 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
104 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
106 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
108 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
110 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
111 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
113 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
114 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
120 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
121 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
122 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
123 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
124 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
125 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
128 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
129 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
130 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
136 /arch Architecture specific files
137 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
138 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
139 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
140 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
141 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
142 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
143 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
144 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
145 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
146 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
147 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
148 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
149 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
150 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
151 /board Board dependent files
152 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
153 /common Misc architecture independent functions
154 /configs Board default configuration files
155 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
156 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
157 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
158 /dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
159 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
160 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
161 /include Header Files
162 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
163 /Licenses Various license files
165 /post Power On Self Test
166 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
167 /test Various unit test files
168 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
170 Software Configuration:
171 =======================
173 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
174 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
176 There are two classes of configuration variables:
178 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
182 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
187 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
188 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
189 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
190 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
194 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
195 ---------------------------------------------------
197 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
198 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
200 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
203 make TQM823L_defconfig
205 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
206 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
207 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
212 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
213 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
214 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
215 run some of U-Boot's tests.
217 See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
220 Board Initialisation Flow:
221 --------------------------
223 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
224 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
226 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
227 more detail later in this file.
229 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
230 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
231 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
232 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
234 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
235 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
237 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
238 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
239 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
241 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
242 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
245 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
246 - no global_data or BSS
247 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
248 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
249 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
251 - this is almost never needed
252 - return normally from this function
255 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
256 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
257 - global_data is available
259 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
260 only stack variables and global_data
262 Non-SPL-specific notes:
263 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
267 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
269 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
270 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
271 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
272 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
275 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
276 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
277 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
281 - purpose: main execution, common code
282 - global_data is available
284 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
285 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
287 Non-SPL-specific notes:
288 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
292 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
293 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
294 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
295 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
296 spl_board_init() function containing this call
297 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
301 Configuration Options:
302 ----------------------
304 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
305 such information is kept in a configuration file
306 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
308 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
309 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
312 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
313 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
314 build a config tool - later.
317 The following options need to be configured:
319 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
321 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
323 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
324 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
326 - Marvell Family Member
327 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
328 multiple fs option at one time
329 for marvell soc family
331 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
332 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
333 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
334 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
335 reference PIT/RTC clock
336 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
339 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
340 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
341 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
342 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
343 See doc/README.MPC866
345 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
347 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
348 of relying on the correctness of the configured
349 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
350 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
351 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
352 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
354 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
356 Define this option if you want to enable the
357 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
362 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
363 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
364 compliance, among other possible reasons.
366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
368 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
369 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
370 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
372 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
374 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
375 tree nodes for the given platform.
377 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
379 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
380 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
381 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
383 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
384 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
386 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
387 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
389 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
390 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
391 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
392 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
394 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
397 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
398 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
399 required during NOR boot.
401 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
402 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
403 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
407 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
408 according to the A004510 workaround.
410 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
411 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
412 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
414 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
415 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
416 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
418 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
419 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
420 connected to the DSP core.
422 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
423 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
425 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
426 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
427 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
428 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
430 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
431 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
432 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
435 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
436 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
438 - Generic CPU options:
439 CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
440 Defines global data is initialized in generic board board_init_f().
441 If this macro is defined, global data is created and cleared in
442 generic board board_init_f(). Without this macro, architecture/board
443 should initialize global data before calling board_init_f().
445 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
447 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
448 values is arch specific.
451 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
452 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
455 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
456 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
458 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
459 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
460 deskew training are not available.
462 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
463 Freescale DDR1 controller.
465 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
466 Freescale DDR2 controller.
468 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
469 Freescale DDR3 controller.
471 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
472 Freescale DDR4 controller.
474 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
475 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
478 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
479 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
483 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
484 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
488 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
489 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
492 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
496 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
500 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
502 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
503 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
505 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
506 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
509 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
511 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
512 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
513 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
515 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
516 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
517 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
518 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
521 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
522 concatenated with u-boot binary.
524 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
525 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
527 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
528 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
530 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
531 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
532 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
533 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
535 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
536 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
537 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
540 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
541 Number of controllers used as main memory.
543 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
544 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
546 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
547 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
549 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
550 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
552 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
553 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
556 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
558 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
559 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
562 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
564 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
565 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
567 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
570 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
574 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
576 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
578 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
579 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
581 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
583 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
584 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
585 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
588 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
590 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
591 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
594 Generic timer clock source frequency.
596 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
597 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
598 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
602 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
604 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
605 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
606 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
608 - Linux Kernel Interface:
611 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
612 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
613 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
614 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
615 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
616 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
618 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
619 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
622 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
624 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
625 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
626 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
630 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
631 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
635 * New libfdt-based support
636 * Adds the "fdt" command
637 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
639 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
640 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
641 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
642 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
643 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
644 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
646 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
649 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
651 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
652 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
654 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
656 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
657 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
658 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
663 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
664 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
665 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
666 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
667 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
668 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
670 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
672 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
673 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
674 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
675 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
676 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
677 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
678 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
680 - vxWorks boot parameters:
682 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
683 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
684 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
685 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
687 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
688 the defaults discussed just above.
690 - Cache Configuration:
691 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
692 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
693 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
695 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
696 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
698 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
699 controller register space
704 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
708 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
712 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
713 the clock speed of the UARTs.
717 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
718 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
719 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
721 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
723 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
724 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
727 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
728 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
729 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
730 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
732 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
733 port routines must be defined elsewhere
734 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
737 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
738 Select one of the baudrates listed in
739 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
740 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
742 - Console Rx buffer length
743 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
744 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
745 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
746 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
747 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
752 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
753 define a command string that is automatically executed
754 when no character is read on the console interface
755 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
758 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
759 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
760 environment value "bootargs".
762 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
763 The value of these goes into the environment as
764 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
765 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
769 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
770 Implements a mechanism for detecting a repeating reboot
772 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
775 If no softreset save registers are found on the hardware
776 "bootcount" is stored in the environment. To prevent a
777 saveenv on all reboots, the environment variable
778 "upgrade_available" is used. If "upgrade_available" is
779 0, "bootcount" is always 0, if "upgrade_available" is
780 1 "bootcount" is incremented in the environment.
781 So the Userspace Applikation must set the "upgrade_available"
782 and "bootcount" variable to 0, if a boot was successfully.
787 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
788 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
789 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
790 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
791 entering interactive mode.
793 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
794 automatically generated or modified. For an example
795 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
796 modified when the user holds down a certain
797 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
800 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
802 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
803 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
804 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
805 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
806 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
807 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
809 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
811 Select one of the baudrates listed in
812 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
815 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
816 from the build by using the #include files
817 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
818 commands, or adding #define's for wanted commands.
820 The default command configuration includes all commands
821 except those marked below with a "*".
823 CONFIG_CMD_AES AES 128 CBC encrypt/decrypt
824 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
825 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
826 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
827 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI * ARM64 Linux kernel Image support
828 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
829 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
830 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
831 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
832 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
833 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
834 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
835 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
836 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS * check existence of env variable
837 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
838 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
839 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
840 CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC * filesystem commands (e.g. load, ls)
841 that work for multiple fs types
842 CONFIG_CMD_FS_UUID * Look up a filesystem UUID
843 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
844 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
845 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support
846 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
847 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
848 CONFIG_CMD_FUSE * Device fuse support
849 CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot
850 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
851 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
852 CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest
853 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
854 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
855 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
856 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
857 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND * List all images found in NAND flash
858 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
859 CONFIG_CMD_IOTRACE * I/O tracing for debugging
860 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
861 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
862 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
863 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
864 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
865 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
866 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO * ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
867 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
869 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
870 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
871 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM * print md5 message digest
872 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
873 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
874 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
876 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST * mtest
877 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
878 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
879 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
880 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
881 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
882 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
883 CONFIG_CMD_NFS NFS support
884 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
885 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
886 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
887 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
888 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
890 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
891 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
892 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
893 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
894 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
895 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
896 CONFIG_SCSI * SCSI Support
897 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
898 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
899 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
901 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
902 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM * print sha1 memory digest
903 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
904 CONFIG_CMD_SOFTSWITCH * Soft switch setting command for BF60x
905 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
906 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
907 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
908 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
909 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
910 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
911 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
912 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
913 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
914 CONFIG_CMD_XIMG Load part of Multi Image
915 CONFIG_CMD_UUID * Generate random UUID or GUID string
917 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
918 support you can write:
920 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
921 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
924 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
926 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
927 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
928 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
929 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
930 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
931 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
932 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
933 initial stack and some data.
936 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
938 - Removal of commands
939 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
940 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
941 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
942 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
943 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
944 simple boot procedures.
946 - Regular expression support:
948 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
949 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
950 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
951 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
955 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
956 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
957 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
958 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
959 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
961 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
962 be done using one of the three options below:
965 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
966 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
967 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
968 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
969 the global data structure as gd->blob.
972 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
973 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
974 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
976 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
978 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
979 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
980 still use the individual files if you need something more
984 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
985 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
986 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
987 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
991 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
992 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
993 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
994 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
995 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
996 available, then no further board specific code should
1000 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
1001 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
1002 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
1004 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
1005 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
1008 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
1009 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
1010 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
1011 version as printed by the "version" command.
1012 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
1017 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
1018 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
1021 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
1022 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
1023 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
1024 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1025 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
1026 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
1027 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
1028 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
1029 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
1030 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
1031 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
1032 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
1033 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
1036 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1037 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1040 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
1042 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
1043 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
1044 pins supported by a particular chip.
1046 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1047 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1050 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
1051 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
1052 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
1053 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
1054 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
1055 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
1056 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
1057 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
1059 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
1060 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
1061 still continue to operate.
1064 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
1065 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
1066 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
1067 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
1068 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
1069 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
1071 - Timestamp Support:
1073 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1074 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1075 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
1076 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
1078 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1079 Zero or more of the following:
1080 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1081 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
1082 Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
1083 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1084 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1085 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1087 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
1089 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
1090 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
1091 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
1094 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1095 board configurations files but used nowhere!
1097 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1098 be performed by calling the function
1099 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1100 which has to be defined in a board specific file
1105 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1110 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
1111 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
1112 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
1113 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1115 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
1116 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1120 At the moment only there is only support for the
1121 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
1122 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
1124 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1125 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1126 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
1127 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1129 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
1131 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1132 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1134 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
1136 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1139 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1140 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1141 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1143 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1144 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1145 example with the "sspi" command.
1148 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1149 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
1152 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1153 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1154 write routine for first time initialisation.
1157 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1158 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1159 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1162 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1165 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1167 - NETWORK Support (other):
1169 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1170 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1173 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1175 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1176 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1177 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1179 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1180 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1183 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1185 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1186 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1189 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1191 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1192 Define this to hold the physical address
1193 of the device (I/O space)
1195 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1196 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1198 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1199 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1200 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1202 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1203 Support for davinci emac
1205 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1206 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1209 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1211 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1212 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1213 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1214 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1215 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1216 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1217 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1218 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1221 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1224 Define this to hold the physical address
1225 of the device (I/O space)
1227 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1228 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1230 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1231 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1232 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1233 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1236 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1238 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1239 Define the number of ports to be used
1241 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1242 Define the ETH PHY's address
1244 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1245 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1249 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
1253 Support TPM devices.
1255 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1256 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1257 per system is supported at this time.
1259 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1260 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1263 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1265 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1266 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1267 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1269 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1270 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1271 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1273 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1274 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1277 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1278 per system is supported at this time.
1280 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1281 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1282 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1286 Add tpm monitor functions.
1287 Requires CONFIG_TPM. If CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS is set, also
1288 provides monitor access to authorized functions.
1291 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1292 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1293 Requires support for a TPM device.
1295 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1296 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1297 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1300 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1301 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
1302 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1303 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1304 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1307 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1309 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1311 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
1315 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1316 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
1317 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1318 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
1319 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
1320 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1321 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
1323 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1324 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1326 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1327 HW module registers.
1330 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1331 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1332 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1333 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1334 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1335 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1336 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1337 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1338 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1340 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1341 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1342 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1343 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1346 Define this to build a UDC device
1349 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1350 talk to the UDC device
1353 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1354 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1355 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1356 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1357 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1360 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1361 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1365 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1366 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1367 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1369 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1370 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1371 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1372 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1373 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1374 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1376 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1377 Define this string as the name of your company for
1378 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1380 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1381 Define this string as the name of your product
1382 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1384 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1385 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1386 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1387 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1388 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1390 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1391 Define this as the unique Product ID
1393 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1395 - ULPI Layer Support:
1396 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1397 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1398 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1399 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1400 viewport is supported.
1401 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1402 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1403 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1404 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1405 the appropriate value in Hz.
1408 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1409 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1410 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1411 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1412 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1413 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1416 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1418 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1419 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1422 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1424 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1425 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1427 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1428 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1429 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1431 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1432 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_DFU
1433 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1436 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1437 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1438 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1439 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1442 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1445 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1448 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1449 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1450 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1451 one that would help mostly the developer.
1453 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1454 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1455 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1456 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1457 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1459 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1460 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1461 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1462 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1463 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1464 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1466 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1467 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1468 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1469 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1471 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1472 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1473 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1474 sending again an USB request to the device.
1476 - USB Device Android Fastboot support:
1477 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT
1478 This enables the USB part of the fastboot gadget
1481 This enables the command "fastboot" which enables the Android
1482 fastboot mode for the platform's USB device. Fastboot is a USB
1483 protocol for downloading images, flashing and device control
1484 used on Android devices.
1485 See doc/README.android-fastboot for more information.
1487 CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE
1488 This enables support for booting images which use the Android
1489 image format header.
1491 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR
1492 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1493 downloads. Define this to the starting RAM address to use for
1496 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE
1497 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1498 downloads. This buffer should be as large as possible for a
1499 platform. Define this to the size available RAM for fastboot.
1501 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH
1502 The fastboot protocol includes a "flash" command for writing
1503 the downloaded image to a non-volatile storage device. Define
1504 this to enable the "fastboot flash" command.
1506 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH_MMC_DEV
1507 The fastboot "flash" command requires additional information
1508 regarding the non-volatile storage device. Define this to
1509 the eMMC device that fastboot should use to store the image.
1511 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME
1512 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1513 image to the Protective MBR and the Primary GUID Partition
1514 Table. (Additionally, this downloaded image is post-processed
1515 to generate and write the Backup GUID Partition Table.)
1516 This occurs when the specified "partition name" on the
1517 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1518 The default is "gpt" if undefined.
1520 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME
1521 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1523 This occurs when the "partition name" specified on the
1524 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1525 If not defined the default value "mbr" is used.
1527 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1529 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1531 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1532 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1533 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1535 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1538 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1539 file in FAT formatted partition.
1541 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1542 user to write files to FAT.
1544 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem cluster size:
1545 CONFIG_FS_FAT_MAX_CLUSTSIZE
1547 Define the max cluster size for fat operations else
1548 a default value of 65536 will be defined.
1551 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1555 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1556 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1557 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1558 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1563 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1564 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1565 support, and should also define these other macros:
1570 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1571 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1573 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1575 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1576 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1577 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1578 description of this variable.
1580 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1582 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1583 display); also select one of the supported displays
1584 by defining one of these:
1588 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1590 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1592 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1594 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1596 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1597 Active, color, single scan.
1599 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1601 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1602 Active, color, single scan.
1606 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1607 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1609 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1611 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1612 Active, color, single scan.
1616 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1617 Active, color, single scan.
1621 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1623 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1627 320x240. Black & white.
1629 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1631 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1632 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1633 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1634 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1635 a per-section basis.
1640 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1641 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1642 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1643 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1645 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1646 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1647 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1648 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1649 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1650 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1651 1 = 90 degree rotation
1652 2 = 180 degree rotation
1653 3 = 270 degree rotation
1655 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1656 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1660 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1664 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1665 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1667 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1669 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1670 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1671 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1672 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1673 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1674 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1675 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1676 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1678 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1680 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1681 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1682 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1683 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1684 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1685 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1686 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1687 there is no need to set this option.
1689 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1691 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1692 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1693 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1694 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1695 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1696 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1699 setenv splashpos m,m
1700 => image at center of screen
1702 setenv splashpos 30,20
1703 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1705 setenv splashpos -10,m
1706 => vertically centered image
1707 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1709 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1711 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1712 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1713 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1715 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1717 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1718 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1721 - Compression support:
1724 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1728 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1729 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1730 compressed images are supported.
1732 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1733 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1738 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1741 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1742 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1745 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1747 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1748 and Literal pos bits.
1750 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1751 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1752 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1753 a very small buffer.
1755 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1756 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1757 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1761 If this option is set, support for LZO compressed images
1767 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1769 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1771 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1775 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1776 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1778 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1780 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1781 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1782 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1783 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1785 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1787 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1788 command issued before MII status register can be read
1793 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1794 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1795 determined through e.g. bootp.
1796 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1798 - Server IP address:
1801 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1802 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1803 (Environment variable "serverip")
1805 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1807 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1808 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1810 - Gateway IP address:
1813 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1814 default router where packets to other networks are
1816 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1821 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1822 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1823 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1824 forwarded through a router.
1825 (Environment variable "netmask")
1827 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1830 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1831 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1832 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1833 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1836 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1837 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1839 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1840 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1841 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1842 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1843 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1844 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1845 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1846 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1847 following delays are inserted then:
1849 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1850 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1851 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1853 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1855 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1857 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1858 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1859 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1860 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1861 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1862 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1863 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1864 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1865 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1866 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1867 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1868 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1869 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1870 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1871 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1873 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1874 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1875 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1877 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1878 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1879 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1880 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1881 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1882 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1885 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1886 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1887 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1888 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1889 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1891 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1892 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1894 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1895 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1896 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1897 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1900 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1901 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1902 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1903 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1904 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1905 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1906 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1909 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1910 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1911 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1912 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1913 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1914 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1916 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1918 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1919 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1920 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1921 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1922 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1923 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1924 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1925 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1926 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1927 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1930 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1931 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1932 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1933 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1934 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1936 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1939 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1941 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1943 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1945 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1950 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1951 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1952 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1954 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1956 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1957 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1961 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1965 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1969 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1971 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1973 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1974 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1976 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1978 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1980 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1982 Several configurations allow to display the current
1983 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1984 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1985 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1986 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1987 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1988 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1993 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1994 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1995 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1996 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1997 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1999 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
2000 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
2001 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
2002 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
2003 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
2004 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
2006 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
2008 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
2009 on those systems that support this (optional)
2010 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
2012 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
2014 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
2015 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
2016 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
2017 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
2018 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
2021 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
2022 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
2023 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
2024 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
2025 for defining speed and slave address
2026 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
2027 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
2028 for defining speed and slave address
2029 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
2030 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
2031 for defining speed and slave address
2032 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
2033 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
2034 for defining speed and slave address
2036 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
2037 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
2038 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
2039 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
2040 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
2042 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
2043 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
2044 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
2045 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
2048 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
2049 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
2050 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
2051 100000 and the slave addr 0!
2053 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
2054 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
2055 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
2056 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
2058 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
2059 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
2060 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
2061 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
2062 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
2063 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
2064 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
2065 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
2066 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
2067 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
2068 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
2069 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
2070 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
2071 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
2072 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
2073 for speed, and 0 for slave.
2075 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
2076 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
2077 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
2079 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
2080 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
2081 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
2082 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
2083 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
2084 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
2085 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
2086 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
2087 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
2089 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
2090 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
2091 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
2093 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
2094 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
2095 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
2096 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
2097 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
2098 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
2099 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
2100 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
2101 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
2102 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
2103 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
2105 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
2106 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
2107 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
2108 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
2109 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
2110 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
2111 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
2112 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
2113 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
2114 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
2115 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
2116 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
2118 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
2119 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
2120 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
2121 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
2123 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
2124 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
2125 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
2126 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
2127 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
2129 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
2130 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
2131 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
2132 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
2133 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
2134 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
2135 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
2136 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
2137 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
2138 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
2139 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
2140 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
2141 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
2142 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
2143 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
2144 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
2145 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
2146 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
2147 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
2148 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
2149 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
2150 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
2151 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
2155 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
2156 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
2158 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
2159 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
2160 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
2163 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
2164 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
2165 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
2168 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
2169 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
2170 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
2171 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
2172 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
2174 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2175 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
2176 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
2177 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
2178 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
2179 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
2180 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2181 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
2182 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
2186 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
2187 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
2188 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
2189 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
2190 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
2191 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
2192 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
2193 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
2194 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
2196 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
2198 - Legacy I2C Support:
2199 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
2200 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
2201 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
2205 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
2206 controller or configure ports.
2208 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
2212 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
2213 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
2214 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
2218 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
2219 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
2222 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
2226 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
2227 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
2230 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
2234 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
2237 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
2241 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
2242 is false, it clears it (low).
2244 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2245 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
2246 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
2250 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
2251 is false, it clears it (low).
2253 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2254 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
2255 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
2259 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
2260 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
2261 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
2264 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
2266 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
2268 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
2269 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
2270 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2271 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2273 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2274 the generic GPIO functions.
2276 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
2278 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2279 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2280 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2281 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2282 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2283 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2284 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2285 is run early in the boot sequence.
2287 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2289 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
2290 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2291 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
2292 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2294 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
2296 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
2297 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2298 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2299 a 1D array of device addresses
2302 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2303 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
2305 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2307 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2308 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
2310 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2312 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2314 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2315 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2317 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
2319 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2320 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2322 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2324 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2325 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2326 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2327 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2328 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2329 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2332 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2334 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2335 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2336 D/As on the SACSng board)
2340 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2341 only SH7757 is supported.
2345 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2346 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2347 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2348 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2349 defined, the board configuration must define several
2350 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2351 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
2355 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2356 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2357 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
2358 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
2359 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2363 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2364 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
2366 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
2367 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
2368 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
2370 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
2372 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2374 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2376 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2379 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
2381 Enables support for FPGA family.
2382 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2386 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
2388 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADMK
2390 Enable support for fpga loadmk command
2392 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADP
2394 Enable support for fpga loadp command - load partial bitstream
2396 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADBP
2398 Enable support for fpga loadbp command - load partial bitstream
2401 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2403 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2405 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2407 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2408 status by the configuration function. This option
2409 will require a board or device specific function to
2414 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2415 configuration driver.
2417 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2418 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2420 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2422 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2423 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2424 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2425 indicated a CRC error).
2427 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2429 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2430 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
2431 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2434 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2436 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2437 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2439 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2441 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2444 - Configuration Management:
2447 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2448 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2449 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2450 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2455 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2456 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2458 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2460 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2461 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2462 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2463 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2464 protects these variables from casual modification by
2465 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2466 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2467 change this behaviour:
2469 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2470 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2471 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2474 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2475 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2476 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2477 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2478 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2481 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2482 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2483 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2484 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2489 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2490 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2491 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2492 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2493 this default value by defining an environment
2494 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2495 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2496 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2497 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2498 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2499 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2500 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2502 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2505 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2506 either, which results in a memory region that will
2507 not be affected by reboots.
2509 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2510 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2511 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2512 following board configurations are known to be
2515 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2516 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2519 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2520 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2521 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2522 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2523 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2524 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2525 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2530 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2531 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2532 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2533 system where you want the system to reboot
2534 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2535 useful during development since you can try to debug
2536 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2538 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2540 This variable defines the number of retries for
2541 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2542 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2543 default value of 5 is used.
2547 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2551 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2552 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2553 try longer timeout such as
2554 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2556 - Command Interpreter:
2557 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2559 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2561 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2563 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2564 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2565 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2569 In the current implementation, the local variables
2570 space and global environment variables space are
2571 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2572 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2573 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2574 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2575 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2577 Global environment variables are those you use
2578 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2579 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2580 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2582 To store commands and special characters in a
2583 variable, please use double quotation marks
2584 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2585 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2588 - Command Line Editing and History:
2589 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2591 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2592 command line input operations
2594 - Command Line PS1/PS2 support:
2595 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2597 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2598 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2599 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2602 - Default Environment:
2603 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2605 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2606 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2607 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2609 For example, place something like this in your
2610 board's config file:
2612 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2616 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2617 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2618 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2619 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2620 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2621 You better know what you are doing here.
2623 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2624 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2625 the environment like the "source" command or the
2628 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2630 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2631 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2632 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2634 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2642 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2644 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2645 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2646 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2648 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2650 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2651 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2652 that so that the environment is not available until
2653 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2654 this is instead controlled by the value of
2655 /config/load-environment.
2657 - DataFlash Support:
2658 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2660 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2661 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2664 - Serial Flash support
2667 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2668 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2670 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2671 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2674 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2675 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2676 flash is present on the system.
2678 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2679 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2680 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2681 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2685 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2688 CONFIG_SF_DUAL_FLASH Dual flash memories
2690 Define this option to use dual flash support where two flash
2691 memories can be connected with a given cs line.
2692 Currently Xilinx Zynq qspi supports these type of connections.
2694 - SystemACE Support:
2697 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2698 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2699 of the chip must also be defined in the
2700 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2702 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2703 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2705 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2706 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2708 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2711 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2712 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2713 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2714 number generator is used.
2716 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2717 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2718 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2720 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2721 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2722 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2723 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2724 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2725 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2726 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2731 This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce
2732 hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256).
2736 Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
2739 Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
2740 be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
2742 - Freescale i.MX specific commands:
2743 CONFIG_CMD_HDMIDETECT
2744 This enables 'hdmidet' command which returns true if an
2745 HDMI monitor is detected. This command is i.MX 6 specific.
2747 - bootcount support:
2748 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
2750 This enables the bootcounter support, see:
2751 http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
2754 enable special bootcounter support on at91sam9xe based boards.
2756 enable special bootcounter support on da850 based boards.
2757 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_RAM
2758 enable support for the bootcounter in RAM
2759 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_I2C
2760 enable support for the bootcounter on an i2c (like RTC) device.
2761 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RTC_ADDR = i2c chip address
2762 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR = i2c addr which is used for
2764 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_ALEN = address len
2766 - Show boot progress:
2767 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2769 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2770 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2771 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2772 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2773 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2774 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2777 Legacy uImage format:
2780 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2781 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2782 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2783 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2784 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2785 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2786 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2787 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2788 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2789 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2790 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2791 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2792 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2793 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2794 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2795 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2797 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2798 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2799 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2800 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2801 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2802 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2803 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2804 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2805 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2806 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2808 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2810 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2811 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2812 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2814 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2815 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2816 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2817 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2818 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2819 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2820 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2821 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2822 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2823 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2824 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2825 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2826 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2827 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2828 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2829 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2830 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2831 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2832 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2833 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2834 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2835 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2836 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2837 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2838 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2839 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2840 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2841 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2842 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2843 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2844 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2845 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2846 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2847 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2848 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2849 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2850 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2851 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2852 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2853 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2854 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2855 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2856 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2857 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2858 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2859 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2860 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2862 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2864 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2865 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2866 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2868 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2869 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2870 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2871 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
2872 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2873 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2874 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2875 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2876 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2881 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2882 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2883 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2884 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2885 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2886 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2887 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2888 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2889 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2890 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2891 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2892 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2893 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2894 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2895 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2896 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2897 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2898 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2899 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2900 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2901 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2902 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2904 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2905 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2906 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2907 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2908 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2909 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2910 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2911 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2912 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2913 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2914 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2915 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2916 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2917 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2918 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2919 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2921 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2922 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2924 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2925 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2927 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2928 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2930 - legacy image format:
2931 CONFIG_IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY
2932 enables the legacy image format support in U-Boot.
2935 enabled if CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE is not defined.
2937 CONFIG_DISABLE_IMAGE_LEGACY
2938 disable the legacy image format
2940 This define is introduced, as the legacy image format is
2941 enabled per default for backward compatibility.
2943 - Standalone program support:
2944 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2946 This option defines a board specific value for the
2947 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2948 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2951 - Frame Buffer Address:
2954 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2955 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2956 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2957 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2958 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2959 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2960 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2961 configured panel size.
2963 Please see board_init_f function.
2965 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2967 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2968 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2970 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2971 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2973 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2976 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2977 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2979 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2981 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2982 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2987 Adds commands for interacting with MTD partitions formatted
2988 with the UBI flash translation layer
2990 Requires also defining CONFIG_RBTREE
2992 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
2994 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
2995 warnings and errors enabled.
2998 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2999 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
3000 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
3001 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
3002 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
3003 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
3005 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
3006 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
3007 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
3008 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
3009 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
3013 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
3014 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
3015 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
3016 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
3017 flash), this value is ignored.
3019 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
3020 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
3021 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
3022 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
3023 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
3024 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
3026 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
3027 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
3028 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
3029 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
3030 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
3031 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
3032 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
3037 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
3038 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
3039 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
3040 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
3041 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
3042 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
3043 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
3044 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
3045 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
3046 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
3047 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
3048 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
3050 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
3051 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
3055 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
3056 Enable UBI fastmap debug
3062 Adds commands for interacting with UBI volumes formatted as
3063 UBIFS. UBIFS is read-only in u-boot.
3065 Requires UBI support as well as CONFIG_LZO
3067 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3069 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
3070 warnings and errors enabled.
3074 Enable building of SPL globally.
3077 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
3079 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
3080 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
3081 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
3082 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
3083 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3084 must not be both defined at the same time.
3087 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
3088 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
3089 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
3092 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
3093 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
3095 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
3096 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
3097 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
3099 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
3100 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
3102 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3103 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
3104 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
3105 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
3106 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3107 must not be both defined at the same time.
3110 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
3112 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
3113 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
3114 loaded does not have a signature.
3115 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
3116 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
3118 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
3119 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
3120 and thus should be skipped silently.
3122 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
3123 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
3124 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
3127 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
3128 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
3129 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
3130 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
3131 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
3133 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
3134 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
3136 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
3137 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
3138 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
3139 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
3142 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
3143 See also: doc/README.falcon
3145 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
3146 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
3147 about the running system.
3149 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
3150 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
3152 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
3153 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
3156 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
3157 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
3158 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
3160 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
3161 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
3162 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
3163 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
3166 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
3167 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
3170 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
3171 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
3173 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
3174 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
3175 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
3177 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
3178 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
3179 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
3181 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
3182 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
3183 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
3184 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
3185 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
3187 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
3188 Avoid SPL relocation
3190 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
3191 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
3192 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
3194 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
3195 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
3198 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
3200 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
3201 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
3202 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
3205 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
3208 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
3209 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
3210 if you need to save space.
3212 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
3213 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
3216 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
3217 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
3218 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
3219 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
3220 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
3221 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
3224 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
3225 Add support NAND boot
3227 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
3228 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
3230 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
3231 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
3233 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
3234 Size of image to load
3236 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
3237 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
3239 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
3240 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
3241 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
3243 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
3244 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
3245 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
3247 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
3248 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
3251 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
3252 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3253 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3254 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3255 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3258 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
3259 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
3260 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
3262 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
3263 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
3264 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
3265 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
3266 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
3270 Enable building of TPL globally.
3273 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
3274 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3275 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3276 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3277 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3279 - Interrupt support (PPC):
3281 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
3282 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
3283 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
3284 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
3285 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
3286 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
3287 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
3288 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3289 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3290 general timer_interrupt().
3293 Board initialization settings:
3294 ------------------------------
3296 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3297 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3298 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3299 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3300 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3301 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3303 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3304 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3305 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3306 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
3308 Configuration Settings:
3309 -----------------------
3311 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
3312 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
3314 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
3315 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3317 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3318 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3320 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
3321 prompt for user input.
3323 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
3325 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
3327 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
3329 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
3330 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3333 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
3334 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3336 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
3337 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3340 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
3341 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
3343 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
3344 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3345 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3347 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
3348 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
3349 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
3350 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
3351 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
3352 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
3353 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
3354 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
3356 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
3357 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
3358 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
3359 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
3360 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3361 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3362 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
3363 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
3364 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
3365 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
3367 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3368 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3371 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3372 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3373 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3374 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3377 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
3378 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3380 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
3381 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3383 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
3384 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3386 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
3387 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3388 make config files to be same as the text base address
3389 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
3390 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
3392 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
3393 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3394 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3395 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3398 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
3399 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3401 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
3402 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
3403 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
3404 will become available before relocation. The address is just
3405 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
3408 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
3409 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
3410 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
3411 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
3412 U-Boot relocates itself.
3414 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
3415 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
3416 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
3417 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
3419 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
3420 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
3421 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
3422 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
3423 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
3424 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
3425 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
3426 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
3427 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
3428 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
3429 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
3430 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
3431 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
3432 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
3433 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
3434 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
3436 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
3438 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
3439 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3440 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
3441 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
3442 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3444 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
3445 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3446 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
3447 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3448 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3449 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3450 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
3451 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
3452 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3453 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3454 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
3456 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3457 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3458 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3461 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3462 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3463 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3465 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3466 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3467 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3469 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
3470 Max number of Flash memory banks
3472 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
3473 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3475 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
3476 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3478 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
3479 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3481 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
3482 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3484 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
3485 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3487 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
3488 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3489 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3491 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
3493 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3494 without this option such a download has to be
3495 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3496 copy from RAM to flash.
3498 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3499 you can check if the download worked before you erase
3500 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3501 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
3502 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3504 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
3505 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
3506 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3508 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
3509 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3510 in the drivers directory
3512 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3513 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3514 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3517 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
3518 Use buffered writes to flash.
3520 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3521 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3524 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
3525 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3526 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3527 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3528 optionally available.
3530 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3531 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3532 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3533 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3535 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
3536 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
3537 against the source after the write operation. An error message
3538 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
3539 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
3540 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
3541 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
3542 this option if you really know what you are doing.
3544 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
3545 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3546 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
3547 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3548 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
3549 on high Ethernet traffic.
3550 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3552 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3554 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3555 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3556 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3557 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3558 lib/hashtable.c for details.
3560 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3561 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3562 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
3563 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3564 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3565 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3567 The format of the list is:
3568 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3569 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3570 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
3571 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3574 The type attributes are:
3575 s - String (default)
3578 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3582 The access attributes are:
3588 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3589 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3590 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3592 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3593 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3594 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3595 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3596 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3599 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3600 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3601 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3603 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3604 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3608 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3609 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3610 building U-Boot to enable this.
3612 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3613 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3614 following configurations:
3616 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3618 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3619 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3621 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
3623 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3625 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3626 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3627 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3628 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3629 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3630 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3631 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3632 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3633 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3634 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3635 between U-Boot and the environment.
3637 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3639 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3640 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3641 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3642 for this sector is given here.
3644 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
3648 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3649 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
3652 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3654 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3657 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3658 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3663 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
3664 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
3665 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3666 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3668 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3669 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3670 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3671 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3672 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3673 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3674 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3675 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3676 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3678 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3679 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
3681 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
3682 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3683 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
3684 a "saveenv" operation.
3686 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3687 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3691 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
3693 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3694 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3700 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
3701 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3702 can just be read and written to, without any special
3705 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3706 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3707 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3710 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3711 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3712 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3713 to save the current settings.
3716 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
3718 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3719 device and a driver for it.
3721 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3724 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3725 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3727 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
3728 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3729 The default address is zero.
3731 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_BUS:
3732 If defined, specified the i2c bus of the EEPROM device.
3734 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
3735 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3736 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3737 would require six bits.
3739 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
3740 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
3741 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
3743 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
3744 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3745 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3747 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
3748 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3749 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3750 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3751 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3754 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3755 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3756 in the chip address.
3758 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
3759 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3761 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3762 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3763 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3765 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3766 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3767 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3768 EEPROM. For example:
3770 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS 1
3772 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3773 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
3775 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
3777 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
3778 want to use for the environment.
3780 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3784 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3785 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3786 at the specified address.
3788 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH:
3790 Define this if you have a SPI Flash memory device which you
3791 want to use for the environment.
3793 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3796 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3797 environment area within the SPI Flash. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3798 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
3800 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3802 Define the SPI flash's sector size.
3804 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3806 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3807 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3808 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3809 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
3810 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
3812 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_BUS (optional):
3813 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_CS (optional):
3815 Define the SPI bus and chip select. If not defined they will be 0.
3817 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ (optional):
3819 Define the SPI max work clock. If not defined then use 1MHz.
3821 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MODE (optional):
3823 Define the SPI work mode. If not defined then use SPI_MODE_3.
3825 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3827 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3828 want to use for the local device's environment.
3833 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3834 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3835 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3836 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
3838 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3839 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3840 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3841 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3843 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
3845 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3846 for the environment.
3848 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3851 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3852 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3853 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3855 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3857 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3858 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3859 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3860 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
3861 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3863 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3865 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3866 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3867 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3868 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3869 the range to be avoided.
3871 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3873 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3874 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3875 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3876 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3877 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
3879 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3881 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3882 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3883 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3885 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_UBI:
3887 Define this if you have an UBI volume that you want to use for the
3888 environment. This has the benefit of wear-leveling the environment
3889 accesses, which is important on NAND.
3891 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_PART:
3893 Define this to a string that is the mtd partition containing the UBI.
3895 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME:
3897 Define this to the name of the volume that you want to store the
3900 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME_REDUND:
3902 Define this to the name of another volume to store a second copy of
3903 the environment in. This will enable redundant environments in UBI.
3904 It is assumed that both volumes are in the same MTD partition.
3906 - CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
3907 - CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3909 You will probably want to define these to avoid a really noisy system
3910 when storing the env in UBI.
3912 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FAT:
3913 Define this if you want to use the FAT file system for the environment.
3915 - FAT_ENV_INTERFACE:
3917 Define this to a string that is the name of the block device.
3919 - FAT_ENV_DEVICE_AND_PART:
3921 Define this to a string to specify the partition of the device. It can
3924 "D:P", "D:0", "D", "D:" or "D:auto" (D, P are integers. And P >= 1)
3925 - "D:P": device D partition P. Error occurs if device D has no
3928 - "D" or "D:": device D partition 1 if device D has partition
3929 table, or the whole device D if has no partition
3931 - "D:auto": first partition in device D with bootable flag set.
3932 If none, first valid partition in device D. If no
3933 partition table then means device D.
3937 It's a string of the FAT file name. This file use to store the
3941 This should be defined. Otherwise it cannot save the environment file.
3943 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC:
3945 Define this if you have an MMC device which you want to use for the
3948 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV:
3950 Specifies which MMC device the environment is stored in.
3952 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART (optional):
3954 Specifies which MMC partition the environment is stored in. If not
3955 set, defaults to partition 0, the user area. Common values might be
3956 1 (first MMC boot partition), 2 (second MMC boot partition).
3958 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3961 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3962 area within the specified MMC device.
3964 If offset is positive (the usual case), it is treated as relative to
3965 the start of the MMC partition. If offset is negative, it is treated
3966 as relative to the end of the MMC partition. This can be useful if
3967 your board may be fitted with different MMC devices, which have
3968 different sizes for the MMC partitions, and you always want the
3969 environment placed at the very end of the partition, to leave the
3970 maximum possible space before it, to store other data.
3972 These two values are in units of bytes, but must be aligned to an
3973 MMC sector boundary.
3975 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3977 Specifies a second storage area, of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE size, used to
3978 hold a redundant copy of the environment data. This provides a
3979 valid backup copy in case the other copy is corrupted, e.g. due
3980 to a power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
3982 This value may also be positive or negative; this is handled in the
3983 same way as CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET.
3985 This value is also in units of bytes, but must also be aligned to
3986 an MMC sector boundary.
3988 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND (optional):
3990 This value need not be set, even when CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is
3991 set. If this value is set, it must be set to the same value as
3994 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
3996 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3997 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3998 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3999 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
4000 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
4001 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
4002 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
4004 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
4005 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
4006 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
4007 until then to read environment variables.
4009 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
4010 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
4011 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
4012 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
4013 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
4014 have any device yet where we could complain.]
4016 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
4017 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
4018 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
4020 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
4021 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
4023 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
4024 also needs to be defined.
4026 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
4027 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
4029 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
4030 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
4031 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
4032 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
4033 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
4034 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
4036 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
4037 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
4038 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
4041 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
4042 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
4043 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
4046 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
4047 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
4048 build system checks that the actual size does not
4051 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
4052 ---------------------------------------------------
4054 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
4055 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
4057 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
4058 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
4060 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
4061 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
4062 the IMMR register after a reset.
4064 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
4065 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
4068 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
4069 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
4070 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
4072 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
4073 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
4075 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
4076 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
4077 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
4078 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
4079 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
4080 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
4081 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
4083 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
4084 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
4086 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
4087 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
4088 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
4089 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
4090 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
4092 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
4093 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
4094 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
4095 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
4097 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
4098 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
4099 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
4101 - Floppy Disk Support:
4102 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
4104 the default drive number (default value 0)
4106 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
4108 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
4111 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
4113 defines the offset of register from address. It
4114 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
4115 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
4117 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
4118 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
4121 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
4122 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
4123 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
4124 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
4128 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
4129 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
4130 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
4131 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
4132 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
4135 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
4136 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
4137 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
4139 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
4141 Start address of memory area that can be used for
4142 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
4143 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
4144 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
4145 will become available only after programming the
4146 memory controller and running certain initialization
4149 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
4150 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
4151 - MPC824X: data cache
4152 - PPC4xx: data cache
4154 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
4156 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
4157 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
4158 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
4159 data is located at the end of the available space
4160 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
4161 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
4162 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
4163 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
4166 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
4167 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
4168 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
4169 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
4170 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
4172 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
4174 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
4176 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
4178 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
4180 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
4182 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
4184 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
4187 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
4188 periodic timer for refresh
4190 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
4192 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
4193 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
4194 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
4195 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
4196 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
4198 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
4199 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
4200 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
4201 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
4203 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
4204 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
4205 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
4206 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
4208 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4209 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4210 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
4212 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4213 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4214 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
4216 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4217 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4218 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
4220 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
4221 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
4222 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
4223 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
4226 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
4227 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
4228 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
4229 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
4230 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
4231 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
4232 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
4233 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
4234 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
4236 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
4237 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
4240 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
4241 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
4242 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
4243 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
4244 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
4245 by coreboot or similar.
4247 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
4248 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
4251 Chip has SRIO or not
4254 Board has SRIO 1 port available
4257 Board has SRIO 2 port available
4259 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
4260 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
4262 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
4263 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4265 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
4266 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4268 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
4269 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4271 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
4272 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
4274 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
4275 Example of drivers that use it:
4276 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
4277 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
4279 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
4280 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
4281 a default value will be used.
4284 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
4285 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
4288 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
4290 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
4291 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
4292 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
4293 to something your driver can deal with.
4295 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
4296 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
4297 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
4298 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
4299 header files or board specific files.
4301 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
4302 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
4304 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
4305 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
4307 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
4308 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
4310 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
4311 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
4312 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
4314 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
4315 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
4317 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
4318 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
4319 to the given FEC; i. e.
4320 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
4321 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
4323 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
4325 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
4326 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
4327 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
4330 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
4331 Note that this is a global option, we can't
4332 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
4334 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
4335 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
4338 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
4340 Where address/count indicate a memory area
4341 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
4345 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
4346 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4349 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
4354 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
4356 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
4357 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
4359 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
4360 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4362 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
4363 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
4364 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
4365 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
4366 relocate itself into RAM.
4368 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
4369 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
4370 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
4371 these initializations itself.
4373 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
4374 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
4375 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
4376 instruction cache) is still performed.
4379 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4380 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
4381 compiling a NAND SPL.
4384 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4385 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
4386 It is loaded by the SPL.
4388 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
4389 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
4390 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
4391 previous 4k of the .text section.
4393 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
4394 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
4395 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
4396 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
4397 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
4398 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
4399 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
4400 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
4402 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
4403 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
4404 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
4406 - CONFIG_SPL_AM33XX_ENABLE_RTC32K_OSC:
4407 Enables the RTC32K OSC on AM33xx based plattforms
4409 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
4410 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
4411 driver that uses this:
4412 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
4414 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
4415 -----------------------------------
4417 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
4418 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
4419 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4420 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4423 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
4424 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
4425 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4428 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
4429 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
4430 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4433 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
4434 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
4435 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
4436 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
4437 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
4439 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
4440 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
4441 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
4442 virtual address in NOR flash.
4444 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
4445 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
4446 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
4448 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
4449 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
4450 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4452 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
4453 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
4454 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
4455 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
4456 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
4457 master's memory space.
4459 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
4460 ---------------------------------------------------------
4461 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
4463 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4464 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4467 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
4468 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
4470 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
4471 -------------------------------------------
4472 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
4473 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
4474 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
4476 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
4477 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
4482 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
4483 process have to be set to a fixed value.
4485 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
4486 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
4487 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
4489 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
4491 Building the Software:
4492 ======================
4494 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
4495 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
4496 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
4497 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
4498 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
4499 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
4501 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
4502 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
4503 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
4504 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
4505 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
4507 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
4508 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
4510 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
4511 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
4512 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
4513 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
4515 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
4517 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
4518 be executed on computers running Windows.
4520 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
4521 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
4526 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4527 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
4529 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
4530 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
4531 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
4532 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
4533 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
4535 make TQM823L_defconfig
4536 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
4538 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
4539 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
4544 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
4545 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
4547 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
4548 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
4549 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
4551 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
4552 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
4553 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
4555 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
4557 make O=/tmp/build distclean
4558 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
4559 make O=/tmp/build all
4561 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
4563 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
4568 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
4572 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
4573 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
4577 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
4578 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
4581 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
4582 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
4583 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
4584 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
4586 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
4587 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
4588 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
4589 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4590 to be installed on your target system.
4591 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4592 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4595 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4596 ==============================================================
4598 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4599 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
4600 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4601 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
4602 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
4604 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4605 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
4606 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4607 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
4608 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
4609 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
4613 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4616 Monitor Commands - Overview:
4617 ============================
4619 go - start application at address 'addr'
4620 run - run commands in an environment variable
4621 bootm - boot application image from memory
4622 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
4623 bootz - boot zImage from memory
4624 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4625 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4626 (and eventually "gatewayip")
4627 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
4628 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4629 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4630 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4631 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4633 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4634 nm - memory modify (constant address)
4635 mw - memory write (fill)
4637 cmp - memory compare
4638 crc32 - checksum calculation
4639 i2c - I2C sub-system
4640 sspi - SPI utility commands
4641 base - print or set address offset
4642 printenv- print environment variables
4643 setenv - set environment variables
4644 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4645 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4646 erase - erase FLASH memory
4647 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
4648 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
4649 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4650 iminfo - print header information for application image
4651 coninfo - print console devices and informations
4652 ide - IDE sub-system
4653 loop - infinite loop on address range
4654 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
4655 mtest - simple RAM test
4656 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4657 dcache - enable or disable data cache
4658 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4659 echo - echo args to console
4660 version - print monitor version
4661 help - print online help
4662 ? - alias for 'help'
4665 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4666 ========================================
4670 For now: just type "help <command>".
4673 Environment Variables:
4674 ======================
4676 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4677 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
4679 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4680 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4681 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4682 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4683 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4684 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
4686 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4688 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
4690 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
4692 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
4694 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4696 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
4698 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
4700 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4701 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4702 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4703 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4704 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4705 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
4706 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4709 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
4710 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4711 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4712 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4713 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4714 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4717 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4718 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4719 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4720 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4721 environment variable.
4723 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4724 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4725 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4727 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4728 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4729 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4730 load any image using TFTP
4732 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4733 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4734 be automatically started (by internally calling
4737 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4738 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4739 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4740 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4743 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4744 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
4745 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4746 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4747 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4748 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4749 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4750 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4751 access it during the boot procedure.
4753 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4754 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4755 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4756 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4757 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4758 must be accessible by the kernel.
4760 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4761 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4764 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4765 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4766 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4767 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4768 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4770 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4771 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4772 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4773 is usually what you want since it allows for
4774 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4775 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
4776 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
4777 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4778 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4779 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4780 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
4782 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4783 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4784 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4785 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4786 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4787 12 MB as well - this can be done with
4789 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
4791 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4792 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4793 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4794 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4795 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4796 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4797 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
4799 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4801 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4802 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
4804 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
4806 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4808 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
4810 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
4812 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
4814 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
4816 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4817 For example you can do the following
4819 => setenv ethact FEC
4820 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4821 => setenv ethact SCC
4822 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
4824 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4825 available network interfaces.
4826 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4828 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
4829 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4830 When set to "once" the network operation will
4831 fail when all the available network interfaces
4832 are tried once without success.
4833 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4836 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
4838 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
4839 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
4840 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
4841 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
4844 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
4847 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4848 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4850 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4851 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4853 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4854 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4855 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4856 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4857 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4858 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4859 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4861 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
4862 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
4863 can happen during a single file transfer before that
4864 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
4865 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
4866 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
4867 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
4869 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
4870 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
4873 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
4874 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
4875 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
4876 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
4877 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
4879 The following image location variables contain the location of images
4880 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4881 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4882 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4883 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4884 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4885 flash or offset in NAND flash.
4887 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4888 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
4889 boards use these variables for other purposes.
4891 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4892 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
4893 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4894 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4895 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4896 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
4898 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4899 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4900 depending the information provided by your boot server:
4902 bootfile - see above
4903 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4904 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4905 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4906 hostname - Target hostname
4908 netmask - Subnet Mask
4909 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4910 serverip - see above
4913 There are two special Environment Variables:
4915 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4916 as type string and/or serial number
4917 ethaddr - Ethernet address
4919 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4920 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4921 once they have been set once.
4924 Further special Environment Variables:
4926 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4927 with the "version" command. This variable is
4928 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
4931 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4932 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
4935 Callback functions for environment variables:
4936 ---------------------------------------------
4938 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4939 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
4940 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4941 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4942 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4944 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4945 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4947 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4948 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4949 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4950 associations. The list must be in the following format:
4952 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4955 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4956 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4958 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4959 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4960 override any association in the static list. You can define
4961 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4962 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4964 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
4965 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
4966 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
4969 Command Line Parsing:
4970 =====================
4972 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4973 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
4975 Old, simple command line parser:
4976 --------------------------------
4978 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4979 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
4980 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
4981 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4983 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
4984 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4985 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
4990 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4991 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4992 until...do...done, ...
4993 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4994 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4995 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
5001 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
5002 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
5003 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
5006 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
5007 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
5008 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
5009 variables are not executed.
5011 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
5012 =======================================
5014 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
5015 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
5016 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
5018 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
5019 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
5020 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
5022 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
5023 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
5024 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
5025 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
5027 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
5028 environment, the SROM's address is used.
5030 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
5031 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
5034 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
5035 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
5037 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
5038 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
5041 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
5042 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
5043 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
5045 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
5046 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
5047 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
5048 The naming convention is as follows:
5049 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
5054 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
5055 images in two formats:
5057 New uImage format (FIT)
5058 -----------------------
5060 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
5061 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
5062 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
5063 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
5069 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
5070 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
5071 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
5073 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
5074 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
5075 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
5076 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
5078 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
5079 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
5080 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
5081 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
5087 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
5088 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
5095 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
5096 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
5099 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
5100 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
5101 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
5102 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
5103 serves several purposes:
5105 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
5106 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
5107 Flash memory footprint)
5109 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
5110 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
5112 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
5113 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
5114 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
5115 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
5116 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
5117 software is easier now.
5123 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
5124 ---------------------------------------
5126 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
5127 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
5128 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
5131 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
5133 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
5134 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
5135 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
5136 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
5137 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
5139 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
5140 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
5141 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
5145 Configuring the Linux kernel:
5146 -----------------------------
5148 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
5149 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
5152 Building a Linux Image:
5153 -----------------------
5155 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
5156 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
5157 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
5158 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
5159 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
5160 100% compatible format.
5164 make TQM850L_defconfig
5169 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
5170 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
5171 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
5173 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
5175 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
5177 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
5178 -R .note -R .comment \
5179 -S vmlinux linux.bin
5181 * compress the binary image:
5185 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
5187 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
5188 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
5189 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
5192 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
5193 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
5194 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
5195 byte header containing information about target architecture,
5196 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
5197 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
5199 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
5200 print the header information, or to build new images.
5202 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
5203 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
5204 checksum verification:
5206 tools/mkimage -l image
5207 -l ==> list image header information
5209 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
5210 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
5212 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
5213 -n name -d data_file image
5214 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
5215 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
5216 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
5217 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
5218 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
5219 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
5220 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
5221 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
5223 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
5224 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
5227 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
5228 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
5230 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
5232 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
5233 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
5234 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
5235 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
5236 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5237 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5238 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5239 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
5240 Load Address: 0x00000000
5241 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5243 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
5245 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
5246 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5247 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5248 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5249 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
5250 Load Address: 0x00000000
5251 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5253 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
5254 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
5255 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
5256 need to be uncompressed:
5258 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
5259 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
5260 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
5261 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
5262 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
5263 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5264 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5265 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
5266 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
5267 Load Address: 0x00000000
5268 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5271 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
5272 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
5274 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
5275 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
5276 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
5277 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5278 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
5279 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5280 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
5281 Load Address: 0x00000000
5282 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5284 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
5285 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
5286 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
5289 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
5290 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
5291 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
5292 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
5295 Installing a Linux Image:
5296 -------------------------
5298 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
5299 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
5301 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
5303 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
5304 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
5305 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
5306 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
5309 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
5310 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
5312 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
5318 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5319 ~>examples/image.srec
5320 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
5322 15989 15990 15991 15992
5323 [file transfer complete]
5325 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
5328 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
5329 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
5330 corruption happened:
5334 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5335 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5336 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5337 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5338 Load Address: 00000000
5339 Entry Point: 0000000c
5340 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5346 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
5347 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
5348 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
5349 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
5350 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
5353 => printenv bootargs
5354 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
5356 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5358 => printenv bootargs
5359 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5362 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
5363 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
5364 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5365 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
5366 Load Address: 00000000
5367 Entry Point: 0000000c
5368 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5369 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5370 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
5371 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5372 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5373 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5374 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
5377 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
5378 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
5379 format!) to the "bootm" command:
5381 => imi 40100000 40200000
5383 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5384 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5385 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5386 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5387 Load Address: 00000000
5388 Entry Point: 0000000c
5389 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5391 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
5392 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5393 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5394 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5395 Load Address: 00000000
5396 Entry Point: 00000000
5397 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5399 => bootm 40100000 40200000
5400 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
5401 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5402 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5403 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5404 Load Address: 00000000
5405 Entry Point: 0000000c
5406 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5407 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5408 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
5409 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5410 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5411 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5412 Load Address: 00000000
5413 Entry Point: 00000000
5414 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5415 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
5416 Linux version 2.2.13 (
[email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
5417 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
5418 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5419 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5421 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
5422 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
5426 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
5429 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
5430 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
5431 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
5437 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
5438 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
5439 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5441 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
5442 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
5443 Load address: 0x300000
5446 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
5447 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
5448 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5450 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
5452 Load address: 0x200000
5453 Loading:############
5455 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
5460 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
5461 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
5462 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
5463 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5464 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
5465 Load Address: 00000000
5466 Entry Point: 00000000
5467 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5468 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5469 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
5470 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
5471 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
5475 More About U-Boot Image Types:
5476 ------------------------------
5478 U-Boot supports the following image types:
5480 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
5481 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
5482 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
5483 the Standalone Program.
5484 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
5485 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
5486 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
5487 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
5488 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
5489 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
5490 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
5492 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
5493 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
5494 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
5495 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
5496 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
5497 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
5499 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
5500 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
5501 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
5502 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
5503 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
5504 a multiple of 4 bytes).
5506 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
5507 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
5510 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
5511 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
5512 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
5513 as command interpreter.
5515 Booting the Linux zImage:
5516 -------------------------
5518 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
5519 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
5520 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
5522 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
5523 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
5524 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
5525 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
5531 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
5532 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
5533 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
5535 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
5540 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
5541 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
5542 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
5546 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5547 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
5548 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5549 [file transfer complete]
5551 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5553 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
5554 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5565 Hit any key to exit ...
5567 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5569 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
5570 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
5571 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
5572 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
5573 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
5574 controlled by the following keys:
5576 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
5577 b - enable interrupts and start timer
5578 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
5579 q - quit application
5582 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5583 ~>examples/timer.srec
5584 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5585 [file transfer complete]
5587 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5590 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5593 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
5596 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
5599 [q, b, e, ?] ........
5600 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
5603 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
5606 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5609 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5611 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5613 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5619 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5620 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5621 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5622 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5623 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
5624 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5625 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5626 for help with kermit.
5629 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5630 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5632 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5633 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5634 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5640 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5641 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5643 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5644 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5645 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5646 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5647 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5648 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5650 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5652 # ln -s powerpc machine
5653 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5654 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5656 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5657 and U-Boot include files.
5659 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5660 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5661 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5662 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
5663 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
5666 Implementation Internals:
5667 =========================
5669 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5670 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5671 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5675 Initial Stack, Global Data:
5676 ---------------------------
5678 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5679 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5680 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5681 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5682 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5683 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5684 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5685 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5686 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5687 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5689 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
5690 U-Boot mailing list:
5692 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5694 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5697 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5698 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5699 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5700 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5701 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
5702 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
5703 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5704 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5706 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5707 is another option for the system designer to use as an
5708 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
5709 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5710 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5711 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5714 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
5715 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5716 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
5717 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
5718 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5719 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5720 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5721 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5722 you get the config right.
5727 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5728 code for the initialization procedures:
5730 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5733 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
5734 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5735 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5737 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5740 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5741 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
5742 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5743 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5744 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5745 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5746 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5747 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5748 reserve for this purpose.
5750 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5751 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5752 GCC's implementation.
5754 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5756 R2: reserved for system use
5757 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5758 R5-R10: parameter passing
5759 R13: small data area pointer
5763 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5764 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5765 going back and forth between asm and C)
5767 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
5769 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5770 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5771 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5772 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5773 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5774 624 text + 127 data).
5776 On ARM, the following registers are used:
5778 R0: function argument word/integer result
5779 R1-R3: function argument word
5780 R9: platform specific
5781 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
5782 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5783 R12: temporary workspace
5786 R15: program counter
5788 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
5790 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
5792 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5793 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5795 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5797 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5798 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5800 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5802 R0-R1: argument/return
5804 R15: temporary register for assembler
5805 R16: trampoline register
5806 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5807 R29: global pointer (GP)
5808 R30: link register (LP)
5809 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5810 PC: program counter (PC)
5812 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5814 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5815 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
5820 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5821 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5823 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5824 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5825 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5826 physical memory banks.
5828 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5829 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5830 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5831 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
5832 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
5833 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5834 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5836 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5837 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5839 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5842 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5845 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5851 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5852 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5853 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5856 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5857 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5858 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5859 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5862 System Initialization:
5863 ----------------------
5865 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
5866 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
5867 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
5868 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5869 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5870 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5871 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
5872 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
5873 the caches and the SIU.
5875 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5876 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5877 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5878 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5879 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5880 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5883 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5884 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5885 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
5886 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5887 contiguous memory starting from 0.
5889 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5890 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5891 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5892 pages, and the final stack is set up.
5894 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5895 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5896 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5900 U-Boot Porting Guide:
5901 ----------------------
5903 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5907 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
5909 sighandler_t no_more_time;
5911 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5912 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
5914 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
5915 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
5919 Download latest U-Boot source;
5921 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
5924 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
5927 Read the README file in the top level directory;
5928 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5929 Read applicable doc/*.README;
5930 Read the source, Luke;
5931 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
5934 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5937 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
5939 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5940 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5941 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5943 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5944 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5946 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5947 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5952 Add / modify source code;
5956 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5958 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5959 if (reasonable critiques)
5960 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5962 Defend code as written;
5968 void no_more_time (int sig)
5977 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
5978 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
5979 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
5981 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5982 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5983 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5986 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5987 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5990 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5991 - remove any trailing white space
5992 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
5993 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
5994 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
5995 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
5997 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5998 with a request to reformat the changes.
6004 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
6005 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
6006 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
6008 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
6011 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
6013 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
6016 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
6017 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
6018 patch actually fixes something.
6020 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
6023 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
6025 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
6026 information and associated file and directory references.
6028 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
6029 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
6031 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
6032 document these in the README file.
6034 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
6035 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
6036 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
6037 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
6038 with some other mail clients.
6040 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
6041 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
6044 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
6045 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
6046 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
6049 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
6050 and compressed attachments must not be used.
6052 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
6053 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
6055 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
6056 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
6061 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
6062 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
6063 for any of the boards.
6065 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
6066 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
6067 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
6069 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
6070 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
6071 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
6072 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
6073 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
6076 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
6077 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
6078 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
6079 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.