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+U-Boot Changes due to PIP405 Port:
+===================================
+
+Changed files:
+==============
+- MAKEALL added PIP405
+- makefile added PIP405
+- common/Makefile added Floppy disk and SCSI support
+- common/board.c added PIP405, SCSI support, get_PCI_freq()
+- common/bootm.c added IH_OS_U_BOOT, IH_TYPE_FIRMWARE
+- common/cmd_i2c.c added "defined(CONFIG_PIP405)"
+- common/cmd_ide.c changed div. functions to work with block device
+ description
+ added ATAPI support
+- common/command.c added SCSI and Floppy support
+- common/console.c replaced // with /* comments
+ added console settings from environment
+- common/devices.c added ISA keyboard init
+- common/main.c corrected the read of bootdelay
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/405gp_pci.c excluded file from PIP405
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/i2c.c added 16bit read write I2C support
+ added page write
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/speed.c added get_PCI_freq
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.S added CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
+- disk/Makefile added part_iso for CD support
+- disk/part.c changed to work with block device description
+ added ISO CD support
+ added dev_print (was ide_print in cmd_ide.c)
+- disk/part_dos.c changed to work with block device description
+- disk/part_mac.c changed to work with block device description
+- include/ata.h added ATAPI commands
+- include/cmd_bsp.h added PIP405 commands definitions
+- include/cmd_condefs.h added Floppy and SCSI support
+- include/cmd_disk.h changed to work with block device description
+- include/config_LANTEC.h excluded CONFIG_CMD_FDC and CONFIG_CMD_SCSI
+- include/config_hymod.h excluded CONFIG_CMD_FDC and CONFIG_CMD_SCSI
+- include/flash.h added INTEL_ID_28F320C3T 0x88C488C4
+- include/i2c.h added "defined(CONFIG_PIP405)"
+- include/image.h added IH_OS_U_BOOT, IH_TYPE_FIRMWARE
+- include/u-boot.h moved partitions functions definitions to part.h
+ added "defined(CONFIG_PIP405)"
+ added get_PCI_freq() definition
+- rtc/Makefile added MC146818 RTC support
+- tools/mkimage.c added IH_OS_U_BOOT, IH_TYPE_FIRMWARE
+
+Added files:
+============
+- board/pip405 directory for PIP405
+- board/pip405/cmd_pip405.c board specific commands
+- board/pip405/config.mk config make
+- board/pip405/flash.c flash support
+- board/pip405/init.s start-up
+- board/pip405/kbd.c keyboard support
+- board/pip405/kbd.h keyboard support
+- board/pip405/Makefile Makefile
+- board/pip405/pci_piix4.h southbridge definitions
+- board/pip405/pci_pip405.c PCI support for PIP405
+- board/pip405/pci_pip405.h PCI support for PIP405
+- board/pip405/pip405.c PIP405 board init
+- board/pip405/pip405.h PIP405 board init
+- board/pip405/pip405_isa.c ISA support
+- board/pip405/pip405_isa.h ISA support
+- board/pip405/u-boot.lds Linker description
+- board/pip405/u-boot.lds.debugLinker description debug
+- board/pip405/sym53c8xx.c SYM53C810A support
+- board/pip405/sym53c8xx_defs.h SYM53C810A definitions
+- board/pip405/vga_table.h definitions of tables for VGA
+- board/pip405/video.c CT69000 support
+- board/pip405/video.h CT69000 support
+- common/cmd_fdc.c Floppy disk support
+- common/cmd_scsi.c SCSI support
+- disk/part_iso.c ISO CD ROM support
+- disk/part_iso.h ISO CD ROM support
+- include/cmd_fdc.h command forFloppy disk support
+- include/cmd_scsi.h command for SCSI support
+- include/part.h partitions functions definitions
+ (was part of u-boot.h)
+- include/scsi.h SCSI support
+- rtc/mc146818.c MC146818 RTC support
+
+
+New Config Switches:
+====================
+For detailed description, refer to the corresponding paragraph in the
+section "Changes".
+
+New Commands:
+-------------
+CONFIG_CMD_SCSI SCSI Support
+CONFIG_CMF_FDC Floppy disk support
+
+IDE additions:
+--------------
+CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE defines that instead of a reset Pin,
+ the routine ide_set_reset(int idereset) is used.
+ATAPI support (experimental)
+----------------------------
+CONFIG_ATAPI enables ATAPI Support
+
+SCSI support (experimental) only SYM53C8xx supported
+----------------------------------------------------
+CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX type of SCSI controller
+CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN 8 number of supported LUNs
+CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID 7 maximum SCSI ID (0..6)
+CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN
+ maximum of Target devices (multiple LUN support
+ for boot)
+
+ISO (CD-Boot) partition support (Experimental)
+----------------------------------------------
+CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION CD-boot support
+
+RTC
+----
+CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 MC146818 RTC support
+
+Keyboard:
+---------
+CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD Standard (PC-Style) Keyboard support
+
+Video:
+------
+CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
+ CONFIG_VIDEO must be defined also
+
+External peripheral base address:
+---------------------------------
+CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_BASE_ADDRESS address of all ISA-bus related parts
+ _must_ be defined for ISA-bus parts
+
+Identify:
+---------
+CONFIG_IDENT_STRING added to the U_BOOT_VERSION String
+
+Environment / Console:
+----------------------
+
+CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV if defined, stdin, stdout and stderr used from
+ the values stored in the evironment.
+
+CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE if defined, console_overwrite() decides if the
+ values stored in the environment or the standard
+ serial in/out put should be assigned to the console.
+
+CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE if defined, the start-up console switching
+ are stored in the environment.
+
+PIP405 specific:
+----------------
+CONFIG_PORT_ADDR address used to read boot configuration
+MULTI_PURPOSE_SOCKET_ADDR address of the multi purpose socked
+SDRAM_EEPROM_WRITE_ADDRESS addresses of the serial presence detect
+SDRAM_EEPROM_READ_ADDRESS EEPROM on the SDRAM module.
+
+
+Changes:
+========
+
+Added Devices:
+==============
+
+Floppy support:
+---------------
+Support of a standard floppy disk controller at address CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_BASE_ADDRESS
++ 0x3F0. Enabled with define CONFIG_CMD_FDC. Reads a unformated floppy disk
+with a image header (see: mkimage). No interrupts and no DMA are used for this.
+Added files:
+- common/cmd_fdc.c
+- include/cmd_fdc.h
+
+SCSI support:
+-------------
+Support for Symbios SYM53C810A chip. Implemented as follows:
+- without disconnect
+- only asynchrounous
+- multiple LUN support (caution, needs a lot of RAM. define CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN 1 to
+ save RAM)
+- multiple SCSI ID support
+- no write support
+- analyses the MAC, DOS and ISO pratition similar to the IDE support
+- allows booting from SCSI devices similar to the IDE support.
+The device numbers are not assigned like they are within the IDE support. The first
+device found will get the number 0, the next 1 etc. If all SCSI IDs (0..6) and all
+LUNs (8) are enabled, 56 boot devices are possible. This uses a lot of RAM since the
+device descriptors are not yet dynamically allocated. 56 boot devices are overkill
+anyway. Please refer to the section "Todo" chapter "block device support enhancement".
+The SYM53C810A uses 1 Interrupt and must be able of mastering the PCI bus.
+Added files:
+- common/cmd_scsi.c
+- common/board.c
+- include/cmd_scsi.h
+- include/scsi.h
+- board/pip405/sym53c8xx.c
+- board/pip405/sym53c8xx_defs.h
+
+ATAPI support (IDE changes):
+----------------------------
+Added ATAPI support (with CONFIG_ATAPI) in the file cmd_ide.c.
+To support a hardreset, when the IDE reset pin is not connected to the
+CONFIG_SYS_PC_IDE_RESET pin, the switch CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE has been added. When
+this switch is enabled the routine void ide_set_reset(int idereset) must be
+within the board specific files.
+Only read from ATAPI devices are supported.
+Found out that the function trim_trail cuts off the last character if the whole
+string is filled. Added function cpy_ident instead, which trims also leading
+spaces and copies the string in the buffer.
+Changed files:
+- common/cmd_ide.c
+- include/ata.h
+
+ISO partition support:
+----------------------
+Added CD boot support for El-Torito bootable ISO CDs. The bootfile image must contain
+the U-Boot image header. Since CDs do not have "partitions", the boot partition is 0.
+The bootcatalog feature has not been tested so far. CD Boot is supported for ATAPI
+("diskboot") and SCSI ("scsiboot") devices.
+Added files:
+- disk/iso_part.c
+- disk/iso_part.h
+
+Block device changes:
+---------------------
+To allow the use of dos_part.c, mac_part.c and iso_part.c, the parameter
+block_dev_desc will be used when accessing the functions in these files. The block
+device descriptor (block_dev_desc) contains a pointer to the read routine of the
+device, which will be used to read blocks from the device.
+Renamed function ide_print to dev_print and moved it to the file disk/part.c to use
+it for IDE ATAPI and SCSI devices.
+Please refer to the section "Todo" chapter "block device support enhancement".
+Added files:
+- include/part.h
+changed files:
+- disk/dos_part.c
+- disk/dos_part.h
+- disk/mac_part.c
+- disk/mac_part.h
+- disk/part.c
+- common/cmd_ide.c
+- include/u-boot.h
+
+
+MC146818 RTC support:
+---------------------
+Added support for MC146818 RTC with defining CONFIG_RTC_MC146818. The ISA bus IO
+base address must be defined with CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_BASE_ADDRESS.
+Added files:
+- rtc/mc146818.c
+
+Standard ISA bus Keyboard support:
+----------------------------------
+Added support for the standard PC kyeboard controller. For the PIP405 the superIO
+controller must be set up previously. The keyboard uses the standard ISA IRQ, so
+the ISA PIC must also be set up.
+Added files:
+- board/pip405/kbd.c
+- board/pip405/kbd.h
+- board/pip405/pip405_isa.c
+- board/pip405/pip405_isa.h
+
+Chips and Technologie 69000 VGA controller support:
+---------------------------------------------------
+Added support for the CT69000 VGA controller.
+Added files:
+- board/pip405/video.c
+- board/pip405/video.h
+- board/pip405/vga_table.h
+
+
+Changed Items:
+==============
+
+Identify:
+---------
+Added the config variable CONFIG_IDENT_STRING which will be added to the
+"U_BOOT_VERSION __TIME__ DATE___ " String, to allows to identify intermidiate
+and custom versions.
+Changed files:
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/start.s
+
+Firmware Image:
+---------------
+Added IH_OS_U_BOOT and IH_TYPE_FIRMWARE to the image definitions to allows the
+U-Boot update with prior CRC check.
+Changed files:
+- include/image.h
+- tools/mkimage.c
+- common/cmd_bootm.c
+
+Correct PCI Frequency for PPC405:
+---------------------------------
+Added function (in arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/speed.c) to get the PCI frequency for PPC405 CPU.
+The PCI Frequency will now be set correct in the board description in common/board.c.
+(was set to the busfreq before).
+Changed files:
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/speed.c
+- common/board.c
+
+I2C Stuff:
+----------
+Added defined(CONFIG_PIP405) at several points in common/cmd_i2c.c.
+Added 16bit read/write support for I2C (PPC405), and page write to
+I2C EEPROM if defined CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_ENABLE.
+Changed files:
+- arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/i2c.c
+- common/cmd_i2c.c
+
+Environment / Console:
+----------------------
+Although in README.console described, the U-Boot has not assinged the values
+found in the environment to the console. Corrected this behavior, but only if
+CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV is defined.
+If CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE is defined, console_overwrite() decides if the
+values stored in the environment or the standard serial in/output should be
+assigned to the console. This is useful if the environment values are not correct.
+If CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE is defined the devices assigned to the console at
+start-up time will be written to the environment. This means that if the
+environment values are overwritten by the overwrite_console() routine, they will be
+stored in the environment.
+Changed files:
+- common/console.c
+
+Correct bootdelay intepretation:
+--------------------------------
+Changed bootdelay read from the environment from simple_strtoul (unsigned) to
+simple_strtol (signed), to be able to get a bootdelay of -1.
+Changed files:
+- common/main.c
+
+Todo:
+=====
+
+Block device support enhancement:
+---------------------------------
+Consider to unify the block device handling. Instead of using diskboot for IDE,
+scsiboot for SCSI and fdcboot for floppy disks, it would make sense to use only
+one command ("devboot" ???) with a parameter of the desired device ("hda1", "sda1",
+"fd0" ???) to boot from. The other ide commands can be handled in the same way
+("dev hda read.." instead of "ide read.." or "dev sda read.." instead of
+"scsi read..."). Todo this, a common way of assign a block device to its name
+(first found ide device = hda, second found hdb etc., or hda is device 0 on bus 0,
+hdb is device 1 on bus 0 etc.) as well as the names (hdx for ide, sdx for scsi, fx for
+floppy ???) must be defined.
+Maybe there are better ideas to do this.
+
+Console assingment:
+-------------------
+Consider to initialize and assign the console stdin, stdout and stderr as soon as
+possible to see the boot messages also on an other console than serial.
+
+
+Todo for PIP405:
+================
+
+LCD support for VGA:
+--------------------
+Add LCD support for the CT69000
+
+Default environment:
+--------------------
+Consider to write a default environment to the OTP part of the EEPROM and use it
+if the normal environment is not valid. Useful for serial# and ethaddr values.
+
+Watchdog:
+---------
+Implement Watchdog.
+
+Files clean-up:
+---------------
+Following files needs to be cleaned up:
+- cmd_pip405.c
+- flash.c
+- pci_pip405.c
+- pip405.c
+- pip405_isa.c
+Consider to split up the files in their functions.