SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+

(C) Copyright 2000 - 2013

Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.

Summary:

This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application code.

The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some header files in common, and special provision has been made to support booting of Linux images.

Some attention has been paid to make this software easily configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can load and run it dynamically.

Status:

In general, all boards for which a default configuration file exists in the configs/ directory have been tested to some extent and can be considered "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.

In case of problems you can use

 scripts/get_maintainer.pl <path>

to identify the people or companies responsible for various boards and subsystems. Or have a look at the git log.

Where to get help:

In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at u-boot@lists.denx.de. There is also an archive of previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's. Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and https://marc.info/?l=u-boot

Where to get source code:

The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot

The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP. https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/

Where we come from:

start from 8xxrom sources
create PPCBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
clean up code
make it easier to add custom boards
make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
extend functions, especially:
- Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
- S-Record download
- network boot
- ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot

Names and Spelling:

The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments in source files etc.). Example:

This is the README file for the U-Boot project.

File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:

include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h

#include <asm/u-boot.h>

Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:

U_BOOT_VERSION      u_boot_logo
IH_OS_U_BOOT        u_boot_hush_start

Software Configuration:

Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:

For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default configurations available; just type "make _defconfig".

Example: For a TQM823L module type:

cd u-boot
make TQM823L_defconfig

Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.

Sandbox Environment:

U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox' board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture- specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to run some of U-Boot's tests.

See doc/arch/sandbox/sandbox.rst for more details.

Board Initialisation Flow:

This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).

Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in more detail later in this file.

At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.

Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:

- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
- arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
- arch/mips/cpu/start.S

and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and limitations of each of these functions are described below.

lowlevel_init():

purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
no global_data or BSS
there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
must not set up SDRAM or use console
must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to board_init_f()
this is almost never needed
return normally from this function

board_init_f():

purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r(): i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
global_data is available
stack is in SRAM
BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables, only stack variables and global_data

Non-SPL-specific notes:
dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this can do nothing

SPL-specific notes:
you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own version as needed.
preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS can be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged. Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r() directly)

Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of memory.

board_init_r():

purpose: main execution, common code
global_data is available
SDRAM is available
BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
execution eventually continues to main_loop()

Non-SPL-specific notes:
U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from there.

SPL-specific notes:

stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400

Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
CCN-400

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504

Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504

The following options need to be configured:

CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.

85xx CPU Options: CONFIG_SYS_PPC64

Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
compliance, among other possible reasons.

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510

Enables a workaround for erratum A004510.  If set,
then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
CFG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)

Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.

The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.

See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
this erratum.

CFG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY

This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
according to the A004510 workaround.

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.

Generic CPU options:

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.

CFG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).

CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).

CFG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
same as CFG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for  all Power SoCs. But
it could be different for ARM SoCs.

ARM options: CFG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH

Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.

COUNTER_FREQUENCY
Generic timer clock source frequency.

COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
at run time.

Tegra SoC options: CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE

Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
such as ARM architectural timer initialization.

Linux Kernel Interface: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT

New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
concepts).

CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 * New libfdt-based support
 * Adds the "fdt" command
 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt

OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.

boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
addresses

CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP

U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.

vxWorks boot parameters:

bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.

Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
the defaults discussed just above.

Cache Configuration for ARM: CFG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310 controller register space

Serial Ports: CFG_PL011_CLOCK

If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
the clock speed of the UARTs.

CFG_PL01x_PORTS

If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h

CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL

Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver

Removal of commands If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command() instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very simple boot procedures.
Regular expression support: CONFIG_REGEX If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library, which adds regex support to some commands, as for example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Watchdog: CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer interrupt handler every CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CFG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer interrupt.
GPIO Support: The CFG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of pins supported by a particular chip.
```
Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
```
I/O tracing: When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that the driver behaves the same way before and after a code change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To add support for your architecture, add '#include ' to the bottom of arch//include/asm/io.h and test.
```
Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
still continue to operate.

    iotrace is enabled
    Start:  10000000    (buffer start address)
    Size:   00010000    (buffer size)
    Offset: 00000120    (current buffer offset)
    Output: 10000120    (start + offset)
    Count:  00000018    (number of trace records)
    CRC32:  9526fb66    (CRC32 of all trace records)
```

Timestamp Support:

When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
(date and time) of an image is printed by image
commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .

Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported: Zero or more of the following: CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table. CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc. CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see disk/part_efi.c CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at least one non-MTD partition type as well.
NETWORK Support (PCI): CONFIG_E1000_SPI Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x. This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
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CONFIG_NATSEMI
Support for National dp83815 chips.

CONFIG_NS8382X
Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
```

NETWORK Support (other): CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device

CONFIG_LAN91C96
Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.

    CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
    Define this to enable 32 bit addressing

    CFG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
    Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.

CONFIG_FTGMAC100
Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet

    CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
    Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
    Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
    If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
    wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
    useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
    control registers. This behavior won't affect the
    correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.

CONFIG_SH_ETHER
Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller

    CFG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
    Define the number of ports to be used

    CFG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
    Define the ETH PHY's address

    CFG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
    If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.

TPM Support: CONFIG_TPM Support TPM devices.

CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
per system is supported at this time.

    CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
    Define the burst count bytes upper limit

CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.

    CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
    Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
    Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.

    CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
    Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
    Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.

CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.

CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
per system is supported at this time.

CONFIG_TPM
Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
Requires support for a TPM device.

CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.

USB Support: At the moment only the UHCI host controller is supported (PIP405, MIP405); define CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it. define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB storage devices. Note: Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives (TEAC FD-05PUB).
```
CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
HW module registers.
```

USB Device: Define the below if you wish to use the USB console. Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device. If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate a Linux host by

modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID

else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
might be defined in YourBoardName.h

If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.

    CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
    Define this string as the name of your company for
    - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"

    CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
    Define this string as the name of your product
    - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"

    CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
    Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
    Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
    to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
    - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF

    CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
    Define this as the unique Product ID
    for your device
    - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF

ULPI Layer Support: The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based viewport is supported. To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file. If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the standard 24 MHz then you have to define CFG_ULPI_REF_CLK to the appropriate value in Hz.

MMC Support: CONFIG_SH_MMCIF Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller

    CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
    Define the base address of MMCIF registers

    CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
    Define the clock frequency for MMCIF

USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support: CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class

CONFIG_DFU_NAND
This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.

CONFIG_DFU_RAM
This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
one that would help mostly the developer.

CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.

CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
the buffer once we've been given the whole file.  Define
this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
Default is 4 MiB if undefined.

DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.

DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
sending again an USB request to the device.

Keyboard Support: See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.

MII/PHY support: CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)

The clock frequency of the MII bus

CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)

Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
command issued before MII status register can be read

BOOTP Recovery Mode: CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY

If you have many targets in a network that try to
boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
from a power failure, when all systems will try to
boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
following delays are inserted then:

1st BOOTP request:  delay 0 ... 1 sec
2nd BOOTP request:  delay 0 ... 2 sec
3rd BOOTP request:  delay 0 ... 4 sec
4th and following
BOOTP requests:     delay 0 ... 8 sec

CFG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE

BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
IDs. The CFG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.

DHCP Advanced Options:
- Link-local IP address negotiation: Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration. This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
  
  See doc/README.link-local for more information.
- MAC address from environment variables
  
  FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
  
  Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from environment variables. This config work on assumption that non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present or their status has been marked as "disabled".
- CDP Options: CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
  
  The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
  
  A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address of the device.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
  
  A printf format string which contains the ascii name of the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
  
  A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities; 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
  
  An ascii string containing the version of the software.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
  
  An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
  
  A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
  
  A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the device in .1 of milliwatts.
  
  CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
  
  A byte containing the id of the VLAN.

Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS

Several configurations allow to display the current
status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
(supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
feature in U-Boot.

Additional options:

CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.

CFG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
In such cases CFG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.

I2C Support: CFG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.

CFG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
if CFG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
omit this define.

CFG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
define.

CFG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
CFG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
a board with CFG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
CFG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:

 CFG_SYS_I2C_BUSES  {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
            {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
            {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
            {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
            {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
            {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
            {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
            {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
            {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
            }

which defines
    bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
    bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
    bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
    bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
    bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
    bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
    bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
    bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
    bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2

If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.

Legacy I2C Support: If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT) then the following macros need to be defined (examples are from include/configs/lwmon.h):

I2C_INIT

(Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
controller or configure ports.

eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |=  PB_SCL)

I2C_ACTIVE

The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
(driven).  If the data line is open collector, this
define can be null.

eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |=  PB_SDA)

I2C_TRISTATE

The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
(inactive).  If the data line is open collector, this
define can be null.

eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)

I2C_READ

Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
false if it is low.

eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)

I2C_SDA(bit)

If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
is false, it clears it (low).

eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
    if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |=  PB_SDA; \
    else    immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA

I2C_SCL(bit)

If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
is false, it clears it (low).

eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
    if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |=  PB_SCL; \
    else    immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL

I2C_DELAY

This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
controls the rate of data transfer.  The data rate thus
is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
like:

#define I2C_DELAY  udelay(2)

CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA

If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
used as SCL / SDA.  Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.

You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
the generic GPIO functions.

CFG_I2C_MULTI_BUS

This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
must have a controller.  At any point in time, only one bus is
active.  To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
Note that bus numbering is zero-based.

CFG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES

This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
when the 'i2c probe' command is issued.

e.g.
    #define CFG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}

will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus

CFG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM

If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.

CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START

defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
between writing the address pointer and reading the
data.  If this define is omitted the default behaviour
of doing a stop-start sequence will be used.  Most I2C
devices can use either method, but some require one or
the other.

SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI

Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
D/As on the SACSng board)

CFG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100)     /* 10 ms */

FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA

Enables FPGA subsystem.

CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>

Enables support for specific chip vendors.
(ALTERA, XILINX)

CONFIG_FPGA_<family>

Enables support for FPGA family.
(SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)

CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY

Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
status by the configuration function. This option
will require a board or device specific function to
be written.

CFG_FPGA_DELAY

If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
configuration driver.

CFG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR

Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
indicated a CRC error).

CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT

Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
ms.

CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY

Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.

CFG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG

Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
200 ms.

Vendor Parameter Protection:

U-Boot considers the values of the environment
variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
"ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
protects these variables from casual modification by
the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
change this behaviour:

If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
these parameters.

The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
for any variable by configuring the type of access
to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
or define CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.

Protected RAM: CFG_PRAM

Define this variable to enable the reservation of
"protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
by U-Boot. Define CFG_PRAM to hold the number of
kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
this default value by defining an environment
variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
reserve. Note that the board info structure will
still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
automatically be defined to hold the amount of
remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
argument to Linux, for instance like that:

    setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
    saveenv

This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
either, which results in a memory region that will
not be affected by reboots.

*WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
following board configurations are known to be
"pRAM-clean":

    IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
    HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
    FLAGADM

Error Recovery: Note:

In the current implementation, the local variables
space and global environment variables space are
separated. Local variables are those you define by
simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
variable later on, you have write `$name' or
`${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
directly type `$name' at the command prompt.

Global environment variables are those you use
setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.

To store commands and special characters in a
variable, please use double quotation marks
surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
of the backslashes before semicolons and special
symbols.

Default Environment: CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS

Define this to contain any number of null terminated
strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
the default environment compiled into the boot image.

For example, place something like this in your
board's config file:

#define CFG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
    "myvar1=value1\0" \
    "myvar2=value2\0"

Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
internal format how the environment is stored by the
U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
You better know what you are doing here.

Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
the environment like the "source" command or the
boot command first.

CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT

Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
that so that the environment is not available until
explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
this is instead controlled by the value of
/config/load-environment.

Automatic software updates via TFTP server CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX

These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.

MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support) CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.

The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).

default: 4096

CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
flash), this value is ignored.

NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
(Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
count of eraseblocks on the chip).

To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
partition.

default: 20

CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.

CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
without a fastmap.
default: 0

CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
Enable UBI fastmap debug
default: 0

SPL framework CONFIG_SPL Enable building of SPL globally.

CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
loaded does not have a signature.
Defining this is useful when code which loads images
in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
will be caught.
An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
and thus should be skipped silently.

CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
about the running system.

CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
loading the first page rather than the full 4K).

CONFIG_SPL_UBI
Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
loader

CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
CFG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
to read U-Boot

CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
Location in memory to load U-Boot to

CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
Size of image to load

CFG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Entry point in loaded image to jump to

CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary

CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
bootm command when booting a FIT image.

Interrupt support (PPC):

There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
(ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
/ other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
general timer_interrupt().

Board initialization settings:

During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().

CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()

Configuration Settings:

MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit. Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included; undefine this when you're short of memory.
CFG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to prompt for user input.
CFG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE: List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
CFG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE Only implemented for ARMv8 for now. If defined, the size of CFG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS. This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks, this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
CFG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE: Physical start address of SDRAM. Must be 0 here.
CFG_SYS_FLASH_BASE: Physical start address of Flash memory.
CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN: Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation will become available before relocation. The address is just below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make space.
```
This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
U-Boot relocates itself.
```
CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC).
CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ: Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low" environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CFG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined, then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE: Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD: Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used instead of U-Boot software protection.
CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI: Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver in the drivers directory
CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash to the MTD layer.
CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE Use buffered writes to flash.
CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal, hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined, the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.

The format of the list is: type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m] access_attribute = [a|r|o|c] attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute] entry = variable_name[:attributes] list = entry[,list]

The type attributes are: s - String (default) d - Decimal x - Hexadecimal b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF]) i - IP address m - MAC address

The access attributes are: a - Any (default) r - Read-only o - Write-once c - Change-default
- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
- CFG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC Define this to a list (string) to define validation that should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags" environment variable. To override a setting in the static list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the ".flags" variable.
If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.

The following definitions that deal with the placement and management of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the following configurations:

BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the console baudrate). You MUST have mapped your NVRAM area then, or U-Boot will hang.

Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv" to save the current settings.

BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link, but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.

CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST

Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.

Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f() until then to read environment variables.

The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working with the compiled-in default environment - silently!!! [This is necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't have any device yet where we could complain.]

Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.

CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR: MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called to do this.
CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE Similar to the previous option, but display this information later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if present.

Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:

CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE: Cache Line Size of the CPU.
CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT: Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale PowerPC SOCs.
CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR: Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS: Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
```
#define CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
    * 1ull) << 32 | CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
```
CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH: Bits 33-36 of CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW: Lower 32-bits of CFG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory. DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]

CFG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:

Start address of memory area that can be used for
initial data and stack; please note that this must be
writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
will become available only after programming the
memory controller and running certain initialization
sequences.

U-Boot uses the following memory types:
- MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)

CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM: SDRAM timing
CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT: Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS: Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE: Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using a 16 bit bus. Not all NAND drivers use this symbol. Example of drivers that use it:
- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
- drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined a default value will be used.
CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve to something your driver can deal with.
CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
CONFIG_RMII Enable RMII mode for all FECs. Note that this is a global option, we can't have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.

CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY Add a verify option to the crc32 command. The syntax is:

=> crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>

Where address/count indicate a memory area
and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
area should have.

CONFIG_LOOPW Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).

CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic "md/mw" commands. Examples:

=> mdc.b 10 4 500
This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.

=> mwc.l 100 12345678 10
This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.

This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).

CONFIG_SPL_BUILD Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check this.
CONFIG_TPL_BUILD Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check this.
CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.

Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:

The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format. This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address within that device.

CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro is also specified.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro is also specified.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the virtual address in NOR flash.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master) memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in master's memory space.

Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:

The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of "firmware". This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address within that device.

CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.

Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:

The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom. This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.

CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires

Building the Software:

Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK) which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.

If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case, you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell. Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:

$ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
$ export CROSS_COMPILE

U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This is done by typing:

make NAME_defconfig

where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu- rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.

Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if additional information is available from the board vendor; for instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard) or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features" when choosing the configuration, i. e.

  make TQM823L_defconfig
- will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support

  make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
- will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD

  etc.

Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot images ready for download to / installation on your system:

"u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
"u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
"u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format

By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:

Add O= to the make command line invocations:

make O=/tmp/build distclean make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig make O=/tmp/build all
Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:

export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build make distclean make NAME_defconfig make all

Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment variable.

User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS. For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:

make KCFLAGS=-Werror

Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of native "make".

If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these steps:

Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least the "Makefile" and a ".c".
Create a new configuration file "include/configs/.h" for your board.
If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Run "make _defconfig" with your new name.
Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file to be installed on your target system.
Debug and solve any problems that might arise. [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]

Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:

If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.

But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi- cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that ALL of the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so, just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H' for documentation.

Monitor Commands - Overview:

go - start application at address 'addr' run - run commands in an environment variable bootm - boot application image from memory bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol bootz - boot zImage from memory tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip" (and eventually "gatewayip") tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' loads - load S-Record file over serial line loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) loadm - load binary blob from source address to destination address md - memory display mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) nm - memory modify (constant address) mw - memory write (fill) ms - memory search cp - memory copy cmp - memory compare crc32 - checksum calculation i2c - I2C sub-system sspi - SPI utility commands base - print or set address offset printenv- print environment variables pwm - control pwm channels seama - load SEAMA NAND image setenv - set environment variables saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection erase - erase FLASH memory flinfo - print FLASH memory information nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand) bdinfo - print Board Info structure iminfo - print header information for application image coninfo - print console devices and informations ide - IDE sub-system loop - infinite loop on address range loopw - infinite write loop on address range mtest - simple RAM test icache - enable or disable instruction cache dcache - enable or disable data cache reset - Perform RESET of the CPU echo - echo args to console version - print monitor version help - print online help ? - alias for 'help'

Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:

TODO.

For now: just type "help ".

Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:

Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:

Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0), "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...

If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon- ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:

o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the environment, the SROM's address is used.

o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is used.

o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.

o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a warning is printed.

o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.

If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable. The naming convention is as follows: "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.

Image Formats:

U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on) images in two formats:

New uImage format (FIT)

Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.

Old uImage format

Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything, preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:

Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks, LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY; Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY).
Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86, IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit; Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
Load Address
Entry Point
Image Name
Image Timestamp

The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by CRC32 checksums.

Linux Support:

Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of U-Boot.

U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image; instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation serves several purposes:

the same features can be used for other OS or standalone applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the Flash memory footprint)
it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd" images; of course this also means that different kernel images can be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the software is easier now.

Linux HOWTO:

Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:

U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to Linux :-).

But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).

Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board Information structure as we define in include/asm-/u-boot.h, and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.

Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers. If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See doc/driver-model.

Configuring the Linux kernel:

No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.

Building a Linux Image:

With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target, which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a 100% compatible format.

Example:

make TQM850L_defconfig
make oldconfig
make dep
make uImage

The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information, CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:

build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
convert the kernel into a raw binary image:

${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \ -R .note -R .comment \ -S vmlinux linux.bin
compress the binary image:

gzip -9 linux.bin
package compressed binary image for U-Boot:

mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \ -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \ -d linux.bin.gz uImage

The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64 byte header containing information about target architecture, operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.

"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and print the header information, or to build new images.

In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes checksum verification:

tools/mkimage -l image
  -l ==> list image header information

The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image from a "data file" which is used as image payload:

tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
          -n name -d data_file image
  -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
  -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
  -T ==> set image type to 'type'
  -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
  -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
  -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
  -n ==> set image name to 'name'
  -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'

Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the kernel version:

2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.

So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:

-> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
> -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
> -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
> examples/uImage.TQM850L
Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point:  0x00000000

To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):

-> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point:  0x00000000

NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not need to be uncompressed:

-> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
-> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
> -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
> -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
> examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
Image Name:   2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
Created:      Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size:    792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point:  0x00000000

Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:

-> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
> -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
> -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
Image Name:   Simple Ramdisk Image
Created:      Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
Image Type:   PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size:    566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
Load Address: 0x00000000
Entry Point:  0x00000000

The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.

Installing a Linux Image:

To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface, you must convert the image to S-Record format:

objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec

The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads' command.

Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):

=> erase 40100000 401FFFFF

.......... done
Erased 8 sectors

=> loads 40100000
## Ready for S-Record download ...
~>examples/image.srec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
...
15989 15990 15991 15992
[file transfer complete]
[connected]
## Start Addr = 0x00000000

You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command; this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data corruption happened:

=> imi 40100000

## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
   Image Name:   2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  0000000c
   Verifying Checksum ... OK

Boot Linux:

The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the "printenv" and "setenv" commands:

=> printenv bootargs
bootargs=root=/dev/ram

=> setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2

=> printenv bootargs
bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2

=> bootm 40020000
## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
   Image Name:   2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  0000000c
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
...

If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT format!) to the "bootm" command:

=> imi 40100000 40200000

## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
   Image Name:   2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  0000000c
   Verifying Checksum ... OK

## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
   Image Name:   Simple Ramdisk Image
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK

=> bootm 40100000 40200000
## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
   Image Name:   2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  0000000c
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
   Image Name:   Simple Ramdisk Image
   Image Type:   PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
   Load Address: 00000000
   Entry Point:  00000000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Loading Ramdisk ... OK
Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
...
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).

bash#

Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:

First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated flat device tree:

=> print oftaddr oftaddr=0x300000 => print oft oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb => tftp $oftaddr $oft Speed: 1000, full duplex Using TSEC0 device TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'. Load address: 0x300000 Loading: # done Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex) => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile Speed: 1000, full duplex Using TSEC0 device TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2 Filename 'uImage'. Load address: 0x200000 Loading:############ done Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex) => print loadaddr loadaddr=200000 => print oftaddr oftaddr=0x300000 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr

Booting image at 00200000 ...

Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 Verifying Checksum ... OK Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb [snip]

More About U-Boot Image Types:

U-Boot supports the following image types:

"Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from the Standalone Program. "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which will take over control completely. Usually these programs will install their own set of exception handlers, device drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU. "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is being started. "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot server provides just a single image file, but you want to get for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.

"Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
a multiple of 4 bytes).

"Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to flash memory.

"Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush) as command interpreter.

Booting the Linux zImage:

On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same as the syntax of "bootm" command.

Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following format: ":".

Standalone HOWTO:

One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.

Two simple examples are included with the sources:

"Hello World" Demo:

'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot. It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it like that:

=> loads
## Ready for S-Record download ...
~>examples/hello_world.srec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
[file transfer complete]
[connected]
## Start Addr = 0x00040004

=> go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
Hello World
argc = 7
argv[0] = "40004"
argv[1] = "Hello"
argv[2] = "World!"
argv[3] = "This"
argv[4] = "is"
argv[5] = "a"
argv[6] = "test."
argv[7] = "<NULL>"
Hit any key to exit ...

## Application terminated, rc = 0x0

Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'. Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second. The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.' character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be controlled by the following keys:

? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
b - enable interrupts and start timer
e - stop timer and disable interrupts
q - quit application

=> loads
## Ready for S-Record download ...
~>examples/timer.srec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
[file transfer complete]
[connected]
## Start Addr = 0x00040004

=> go 40004
## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
TIMERS=0xfff00980
Using timer 1
  tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0

Hit 'b': [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us Enabling timer Hit '?': [q, b, e, ?] ........ tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0 Hit '?': [q, b, e, ?] . tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0 Hit '?': [q, b, e, ?] . tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0 Hit '?': [q, b, e, ?] . tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0 Hit 'e': [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer Hit 'q': [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0

Minicom warning:

Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd) consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3. for help with kermit.

Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:

   Name    Program          Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
X  kermit  /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s   Y    U    Y       N      N
Y  kermit  /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r   N    D    Y       N      N

Implementation Internals:

The following is not intended to be a complete description of every implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom hardware.

Initial Stack, Global Data:

The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet). This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.

Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
U-Boot mailing list:

Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.

OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
is another option for the system designer to use as an
initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
board designers haven't used it for something that would
cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
used.

CFG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
with your processor/board/system design. The default value
you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
you get the config right.

-Chris Hallinan
DS4.COM, Inc.

It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C code for the initialization procedures:

Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt to write it.
Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali- zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like that.

Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use normal global data to share information between the code. But it turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to all functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we reserve for this purpose.

When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by GCC's implementation.

For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use: R1: stack pointer R2: reserved for system use R3-R4: parameter passing and return values R5-R10: parameter passing R13: small data area pointer R30: GOT pointer R31: frame pointer

(U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
going back and forth between asm and C)

==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data

Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
624 text + 127 data).

On ARM, the following registers are used:

R0: function argument word/integer result
R1-R3:  function argument word
R9: platform specific
R10:    stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
R11:    argument (frame) pointer
R12:    temporary workspace
R13:    stack pointer
R14:    link register
R15:    program counter

==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data

Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.

On Nios II, the ABI is documented here: https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf

==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data

Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
to access small data sections, so gp is free.

On RISC-V, the following registers are used:

x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
x1: return address (ra)
x2: stack pointer (sp)
x3: global pointer (gp)
x4: thread pointer (tp)
x5: link register (t0)
x8: frame pointer (fp)
x10-x11:    arguments/return values (a0-1)
x12-x17:    arguments (a2-7)
x28-31:  temporaries (t3-6)
pc: program counter (pc)

==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data

Memory Management:

U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.

The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several physical memory banks.

U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).

Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).

So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like this:

0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
      :
0x0000 1FFF
0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
      :
      :

      :
      :
0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
      :
0x00FD FFFF
0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
...     eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
...     eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]

System Initialization:

In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory. To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address. To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!) initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and the SIU.

Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM banks.

When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create contiguous memory starting from 0.

Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM pages, and the final stack is set up.

Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment; until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a new address in RAM.

Contributing

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