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authorWolfgang Denk <wd@pollux.denx.de>2006-11-27 16:13:00 +0100
committerWolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>2006-11-27 16:13:00 +0100
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@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Directory Hierarchy:
- arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
- arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
- arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
+ - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
- i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
- ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
- mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ Directory Hierarchy:
- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
- include Header Files
- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
+- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
@@ -256,6 +258,9 @@ The following options need to be configured:
----------------------
CONFIG_NIOS2
+ AVR32 based CPUs:
+ ----------------------
+ CONFIG_AT32AP
- Board Type: Define exactly one of
@@ -325,6 +330,15 @@ The following options need to be configured:
CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20
CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40
+ AVR32 based boards:
+ -------------------
+
+ CONFIG_ATSTK1000
+
+- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
+ Define exactly one of
+ CONFIG_ATSTK1002
+
- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
Define exactly one of
@@ -447,6 +461,11 @@ The following options need to be configured:
Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
+ CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
+
+ This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
+ param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
+
- Serial Ports:
CFG_PL010_SERIAL
@@ -1509,10 +1528,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
default value of 5 is used.
- Command Interpreter:
- CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE
+ CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
+ Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
+ for the "hush" shell.
+
+
CFG_HUSH_PARSER
Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
@@ -2385,6 +2408,26 @@ images ready for download to / installation on your system:
- "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:
+
+1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
+
+ make O=/tmp/build distclean
+ make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
+ make O=/tmp/build all
+
+2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
+
+ export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
+ make distclean
+ make NAME_config
+ make all
+
+Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
+variable.
+
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
@@ -2438,6 +2481,22 @@ or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
+When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build U-Boot
+in the source directory. This location can be changed by setting the
+BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target built, the MAKEALL
+script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and <target>.MAKEALL) in the
+<source dir>/LOG directory. This default location can be changed by
+setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment variable. For example:
+
+ export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
+ export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
+ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
+
+With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build, log
+files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean during
+the whole build process.
+
+
See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
@@ -2748,9 +2807,9 @@ defines the following image properties:
4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
-* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
+* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
- Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
+ Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
* Load Address
* Entry Point
@@ -3081,6 +3140,55 @@ format!) to the "bootm" command:
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:
------------------------------
@@ -3531,12 +3639,19 @@ Coding Standards:
-----------------
All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
-coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
-kernel source directory.
-
-Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
-in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
-comments (//) in your code.
+coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
+"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
+originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
+spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
+
+Source files originating from a different project (for example the
+MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
+reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
+sources.
+
+Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
+Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
+in your code.
Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
- remove any trailing white space