X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d8cb3940d4f04810dcc6fe88a5f03f0b0cd5d8a8;hb=25b29921b2f5a9a133c6196afaf05fce1be9927b;hp=fb9d904a2eab0855879feb14f11359b73f0f5e60;hpb=48a3e999c86e7e6033133152b07a308def559d46;p=u-boot diff --git a/README b/README index fb9d904a2e..d8cb3940d4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board maintainers. +Note: There is no CHANGELOG file in the actual U-Boot source tree; +it can be created dynamically from the Git log using: + + make CHANGELOG + Where to get help: ================== @@ -363,6 +368,12 @@ The following options need to be configured: ICache only when Code runs from RAM. - 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_TBCLK_DIV Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the @@ -383,6 +394,31 @@ The following options need to be configured: symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this purpose. + CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 + + Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set, + then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and + CONFIG_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. + + CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY + + This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600 + according to the A004510 workaround. + - Generic CPU options: CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN @@ -580,6 +616,14 @@ The following options need to be configured: boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this variable to flush the UART at init time. + CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT + + 16550 UART set the Transmitter Empty (TEMT) Bit when all output + has finished and the transmitter is totally empty. U-Boot waits + for this bit to be set to initialize the serial console. On some + broken platforms this bit is not set in SPL making U-Boot to + hang while waiting for TEMT. Define this option to avoid it. + - Console Interface: Depending on board, define exactly one serial port @@ -630,6 +674,10 @@ The following options need to be configured: additional board info beside the logo + When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI is defined, console will support + a limited number of ANSI escape sequences (cursor control, + erase functions and limited graphics rendition control). + When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is default i/o. Serial console can be forced with environment 'console=serial'. @@ -679,6 +727,8 @@ The following options need to be configured: - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds Delay before automatically booting the default image; set to -1 to disable autoboot. + set to -2 to autoboot with no delay and not check for abort + (even when CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK is defined). See doc/README.autoboot for these options that work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required. @@ -744,8 +794,8 @@ The following options need to be configured: - Monitor Functions: Monitor commands can be included or excluded from the build by using the #include files - "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted - commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h" + and #undef'ing unwanted + commands, or using and augmenting with additional #define's for wanted commands. @@ -773,15 +823,21 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx + CONFIG_CMD_ENV_CALLBACK * display details about env callbacks + CONFIG_CMD_ENV_FLAGS * display details about env flags CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment + CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support + CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support - CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support + CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support + CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code) CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment + CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support @@ -789,6 +845,7 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment + CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support @@ -800,6 +857,7 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5) + CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base, loop, loopw, mtest CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc @@ -815,6 +873,7 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O + CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump @@ -830,7 +889,8 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload) - CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time + CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific) + CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support @@ -907,7 +967,8 @@ The following options need to be configured: If this variable is defined, an environment variable named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot version as printed by the "version" command. - This variable is readonly. + Any change to this variable will be reverted at the + next reset. - Real-Time Clock: @@ -950,13 +1011,20 @@ The following options need to be configured: commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE . -- Partition Support: - CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION - and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION +- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported: + Zero or more of the following: + CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table. + CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the + Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc. + 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_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table. If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at - least one partition type as well. + least one non-MTD partition type as well. - IDE Reset method: CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several @@ -996,6 +1064,9 @@ The following options need to be configured: devices. CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz) + The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of + SCSI devices found during the last scan. + - NETWORK Support (PCI): CONFIG_E1000 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips. @@ -1047,7 +1118,7 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device - CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 + CONFIG_LAN91C96 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips. CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE @@ -1057,7 +1128,7 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT Define this to enable 32 bit addressing - CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 + CONFIG_SMC91111 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE @@ -1231,6 +1302,9 @@ The following options need to be configured: 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 CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to + the appropriate value in Hz. - MMC Support: The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To @@ -1276,6 +1350,13 @@ The following options need to be configured: This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the user to write files to FAT. +CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support + CONFIG_CMD_CBFS + + Define this to enable support for reading from a Coreboot + filesystem. Available commands are cbfsinit, cbfsinfo, cbfsls + and cbfsload. + - Keyboard Support: CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD @@ -1347,6 +1428,13 @@ The following options need to be configured: boot. See the documentation file README.video for a description of this variable. + CONFIG_VIDEO_VGA + + Enable the VGA video / BIOS for x86. The alternative if you + are using coreboot is to use the coreboot frame buffer + driver. + + - Keyboard Support: CONFIG_KEYBOARD @@ -1407,6 +1495,30 @@ The following options need to be configured: Normally display is black on white background; define CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted. + CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT + + Normally the LCD is page-aligned (tyically 4KB). If this is + defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead. + For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE + here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on + a per-section basis. + + CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES + + When the console need to be scrolled, this is the number of + lines to scroll by. It defaults to 1. Increasing this makes + the console jump but can help speed up operation when scrolling + is slow. + + CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8 + + Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD. + + CONFIG_I2C_EDID + + Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID + information over I2C from an attached LCD display. + - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN If this option is set, the environment is checked for @@ -1450,6 +1562,12 @@ The following options need to be configured: can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the bmp command. +- Do compresssing for memory range: + CONFIG_CMD_ZIP + + If this option is set, it would use zlib deflate method + to compress the specified memory at its best effort. + - Compression support: CONFIG_BZIP2 @@ -2094,6 +2212,11 @@ The following options need to be configured: serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains read-only.] + 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 CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC. + - Protected RAM: CONFIG_PRAM @@ -2123,10 +2246,18 @@ The following options need to be configured: following board configurations are known to be "pRAM-clean": - ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, - HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC, + IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL, + HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, FLAGADM, TQM8260 +- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB) + Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not + normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures + support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit + machines using physical address extension or similar. + Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which + currently only supports clearing the memory. + - Error Recovery: CONFIG_PANIC_HANG @@ -2250,6 +2381,21 @@ The following options need to be configured: - CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR - CONFIG_SYS_SOC + CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG + + Define this in order to add variables describing certain + run-time determined information about the hardware to the + environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev. + + CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT + + Normally the environment is loaded when the board is + intialised 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. + - DataFlash Support: CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH @@ -2276,6 +2422,11 @@ The following options need to be configured: CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h) CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz + CONFIG_CMD_SF_TEST + + Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash + test ('sf test'). + - SystemACE Support: CONFIG_SYSTEMACE @@ -2310,6 +2461,23 @@ The following options need to be configured: A better solution is to properly configure the firewall, but sometimes that is not allowed. +- Hashing support: + CONFIG_CMD_HASH + + This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce + hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256). + + CONFIG_HASH_VERIFY + + Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code + size a little. + + CONFIG_SHA1 - support SHA1 hashing + CONFIG_SHA256 - support SHA256 hashing + + Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps + be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'. + - Show boot progress: CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS @@ -2345,6 +2513,31 @@ The following options need to be configured: 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel + CONFIG_CMD_BOOTSTAGE + Add a 'bootstage' command which supports printing a report + and un/stashing of bootstage data. + + CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT + Stash the bootstage information in the FDT. A root 'bootstage' + node is created with each bootstage id as a child. Each child + has a 'name' property and either 'mark' containing the + mark time in microsecond, or 'accum' containing the + accumulated time for that bootstage id in microseconds. + For example: + + bootstage { + 154 { + name = "board_init_f"; + mark = <3575678>; + }; + 170 { + name = "lcd"; + accum = <33482>; + }; + }; + + Code in the Linux kernel can find this in /proc/devicetree. + Legacy uImage format: Arg Where When @@ -2498,6 +2691,17 @@ FIT uImage format: -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK +- FIT image support: + CONFIG_FIT + Enable support for the FIT uImage format. + + CONFIG_FIT_BEST_MATCH + When no configuration is explicitly selected, default to the + one whose fdt's compatibility field best matches that of + U-Boot itself. A match is considered "best" if it matches the + most specific compatibility entry of U-Boot's fdt's root node. + The order of entries in the configuration's fdt is ignored. + - Standalone program support: CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR @@ -2510,10 +2714,13 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_FB_ADDR Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific - address for frame buffer. - Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to - defined address instead of lcd_setmem (this function - grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size). + address for frame buffer. This is typically the case + when using a graphics controller has separate video + memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at + the given address instead of dynamically reserving it + in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs + the memory for the frame buffer depending on the + configured panel size. Please see board_init_f function. @@ -2549,6 +2756,10 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary. + CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE + Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to + CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done). + CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary. @@ -2558,12 +2769,29 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_SPL_STACK Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use + CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK + Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after + relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to + CONFIG_SPL_STACK. + CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL. CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE The size of the malloc pool used in SPL. + CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK + Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework + supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND + NAND loading of the Linux Kernel. + + CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT + For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information + about the running system. + + CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL + Arch init code should be built for a very small image + CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary @@ -2591,8 +2819,25 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT + 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_NAND_BASE + Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires + CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS. + + CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS + SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers. + + CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC + Include standard software ECC in the SPL + CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE - Support for drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o in SPL binary + Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that + expose the cmd_ctrl() interface. CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE, @@ -2600,15 +2845,19 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses - to read U-Boot with CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE + to read U-Boot CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS - Location in NAND for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to read U-Boot - from. + Location in NAND to read U-Boot from + + CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST + Location in memory to load U-Boot to + + CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE + Size of image to load CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START - Location in memory for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to load U-Boot - to. + Entry point in loaded image to jump to CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the @@ -2627,9 +2876,21 @@ FIT uImage format: CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary + CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE + Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary + CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary + CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO + Linker address to which the SPL should be padded before + appending the SPL payload. + + CONFIG_SPL_TARGET + Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs + use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for + example if more than one image needs to be produced. + Modem Support: -------------- @@ -2764,9 +3025,6 @@ Configuration Settings: non page size aligned address and this could cause major problems. -- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR: - Default load address for network file downloads - - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE: Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download @@ -2908,6 +3166,49 @@ Configuration Settings: cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see lib/hashtable.c for details. +- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT +- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC + Enable validation of the values given to enviroment 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_atribute = [a|r|o|c] + attributes = type_attribute[access_atribute] + 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" + envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment. + + - CONFIG_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. + +- CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE + If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable + access flags. + The following definitions that deal with the placement and management of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the following configurations: @@ -3092,12 +3393,12 @@ to save the current settings. These two #defines specify the address and size of the environment area within the remote memory space. The local device can get the environment from remote memory - space by SRIO or other links. + space by SRIO or PCIE links. 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 link, but it can -not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO interface. +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_ENV_IS_IN_NAND: @@ -3183,6 +3484,16 @@ use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment. space for already greatly restricted images, including but not limited to NAND_SPL configurations. +- 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: --------------------------------------------------- @@ -3377,6 +3688,13 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not required. +- CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY + Only scan through and get the devices on the busses. + Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or + something has already done it, and we don't need to do it + a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted + by coreboot or similar. + - CONFIG_SYS_SRIO: Chip has SRIO or not @@ -3498,6 +3816,11 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options: be used if available. These functions may be faster under some conditions but may increase the binary size. +- 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: ----------------------------------- @@ -3538,9 +3861,9 @@ within 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 outbound window - ->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in master's - NOR flash. + 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. Building the Software: ====================== @@ -3725,6 +4048,7 @@ 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 @@ -3991,6 +4315,36 @@ Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-). +Callback functions for environment variables: +--------------------------------------------- + +For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change +when their values are changed. This functionailty allows functions to +be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or +deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side +effect to happen or for the change to be rejected. + +The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the +U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code. + +These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The +static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC +in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of +associations. The list must be in the following format: + + entry = variable_name[:callback_name] + list = entry[,list] + +If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted. +Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list. + +Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable +with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will +override any association in the static list. You can define +CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the +".callbacks" envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment. + + Command Line Parsing: ===================== @@ -4630,7 +4984,10 @@ Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the 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). +use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See +http://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: