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@@ -735,12 +735,12 @@ The following options need to be configured:
(TEAC FD-05PUB).
- MMC Support:
- The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
- enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
- accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
+ The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
+ enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
+ accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
- the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
+ the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
- Keyboard Support:
CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
@@ -782,12 +782,12 @@ The following options need to be configured:
or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
- Keyboard Support:
- CONFIG_KEYBOARD
+ CONFIG_KEYBOARD
- Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
- This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
- defined in your board-specific files.
- The only board using this so far is RBC823.
+ Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
+ This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
+ defined in your board-specific files.
+ The only board using this so far is RBC823.
- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
@@ -834,14 +834,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
- Spash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
- If this option is set, the environment is checked for
- a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
- of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
- is supressed and the BMP image at the address
- specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
- console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
- allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
- loaded very quickly after power-on.
+ If this option is set, the environment is checked for
+ a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
+ of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
+ is supressed and the BMP image at the address
+ specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
+ console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
+ allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
+ loaded very quickly after power-on.
- Ethernet address:
@@ -968,14 +968,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
- When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
- chips might think that the current transfer is still
- in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
- the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
- processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
- connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
- custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
- is run early in the boot sequence.
+ When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
+ chips might think that the current transfer is still
+ in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
+ the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
+ processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
+ connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
+ custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
+ is run early in the boot sequence.
- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
@@ -1006,9 +1006,9 @@ The following options need to be configured:
Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For
example,
- #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
+ #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
- CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
+ CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA
configuration.
@@ -1054,16 +1054,16 @@ The following options need to be configured:
- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
- Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
+ Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
- CONFIG_FPGA
+ CONFIG_FPGA
- Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
- #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
+ Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
+ #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
- CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
+ CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
- Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
+ Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
@@ -1205,13 +1205,13 @@ The following options need to be configured:
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 `$name' at the command prompt.
+ In the current implementation, the local variables
+ space and global environment variables space are
+ separated. Local variables are those you define by
+ simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
+ variable later on, you have write `$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
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ The following options need to be configured:
- DataFlash Support
CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
- Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
- allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
- commands cp, md...
+ Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
+ allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
+ commands cp, md...
- Show boot progress
CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
@@ -1349,8 +1349,6 @@ Modem Support:
See also: doc/README.Modem
-
-
Configuration Settings:
-----------------------
@@ -1374,16 +1372,16 @@ Configuration Settings:
List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
- Suppress display of console information at boot.
+ Suppress display of console information at boot.
- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
- If the board specific function
- extern int overwrite_console (void);
- returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
+ If the board specific function
+ extern int overwrite_console (void);
+ returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
- Enable the call to overwrite_console().
+ Enable the call to overwrite_console().
- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
@@ -1393,7 +1391,7 @@ Configuration Settings:
simple memory test.
- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
- Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
+ Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
Default load address for network file downloads
@@ -1418,10 +1416,10 @@ Configuration Settings:
CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
- Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
- determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
- embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
- flash sector.
+ Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
+ determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
+ embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
+ flash sector.
- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
@@ -1842,7 +1840,6 @@ Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
etc.
-
Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
images ready for downlod to / installation on your system:
@@ -1906,7 +1903,6 @@ or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
-
Monitor Commands - Overview:
============================
@@ -2029,13 +2025,13 @@ Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
setenv initrd_high 00c00000
- If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
- indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
- for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
- memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
- ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
- boot time on your system, but requires that this
- feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
+ If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
+ indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
+ for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
+ memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
+ ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
+ boot time on your system, but requires that this
+ feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
@@ -2165,7 +2161,6 @@ o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
is raised.
-
Image Formats:
==============
@@ -2428,7 +2423,6 @@ corruption happened:
Verifying Checksum ... OK
-
Boot Linux:
-----------
@@ -2518,39 +2512,39 @@ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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).
+ (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.
+ 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.
+ U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
+ useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
+ as command interpreter.
Standalone HOWTO:
@@ -2641,7 +2635,6 @@ Hit 'q':
[q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
-
Minicom warning:
================
@@ -2813,7 +2806,6 @@ On ARM, the following registers are used:
==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
-
Memory Management:
------------------
@@ -2959,7 +2951,6 @@ void no_more_time (int sig)
}
-
Coding Standards:
-----------------
@@ -3016,7 +3007,7 @@ it:
* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
-
+
Notes:
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