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# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2012
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Summary:
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This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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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.
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The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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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:
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In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
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Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.

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In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
maintainers.
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Where to get help:
==================

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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
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<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 http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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Where to get source code:
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The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary

The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
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any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
directory.

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Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/


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Where we come from:
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- start from 8xxrom sources
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- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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- 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
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  * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
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- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
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- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
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- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
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- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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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
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Versioning:
===========

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Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
releases in "stable" maintenance trees.

Examples:
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	U-Boot v2009.11	    - Release November 2009
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	U-Boot v2009.11.1   - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
	U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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Directory Hierarchy:
====================

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/arch			Architecture specific files
  /arm			Files generic to ARM architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /arm720t		Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
      /arm920t		Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
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	/at91		Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
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	/imx		Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
	/s3c24x0	Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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      /arm925t		Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
      /arm926ejs	Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
      /arm1136		Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
      /ixp		Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
      /pxa		Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
      /s3c44b0		Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
      /sa1100		Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /avr32		Files generic to AVR32 architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /blackfin		Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
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  /x86			Files generic to x86 architecture
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    /cpu		CPU specific files
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /m68k			Files generic to m68k architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /mcf52x2		Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
      /mcf5227x		Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
      /mcf532x		Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
      /mcf5445x		Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
      /mcf547x_8x	Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /microblaze		Files generic to microblaze architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /mips			Files generic to MIPS architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
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      /mips32		Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
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      /xburst		Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
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    /lib		Architecture specific library files
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  /nds32		Files generic to NDS32 architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /n1213		Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
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  /nios2		Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
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  /powerpc		Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /74xx_7xx		Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
      /mpc5xx		Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
      /mpc5xxx		Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
      /mpc8xx		Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
      /mpc8220		Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
      /mpc824x		Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
      /mpc8260		Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
      /mpc85xx		Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
      /ppc4xx		Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /sh			Files generic to SH architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /sh2		Files specific to sh2 CPUs
      /sh3		Files specific to sh3 CPUs
      /sh4		Files specific to sh4 CPUs
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
  /sparc		Files generic to SPARC architecture
    /cpu		CPU specific files
      /leon2		Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
      /leon3		Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
    /lib		Architecture specific library files
/api			Machine/arch independent API for external apps
/board			Board dependent files
/common			Misc architecture independent functions
/disk			Code for disk drive partition handling
/doc			Documentation (don't expect too much)
/drivers		Commonly used device drivers
/examples		Example code for standalone applications, etc.
/fs			Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
/include		Header Files
/lib			Files generic to all architectures
  /libfdt		Library files to support flattened device trees
  /lzma			Library files to support LZMA decompression
  /lzo			Library files to support LZO decompression
/net			Networking code
/post			Power On Self Test
/rtc			Real Time Clock drivers
/tools			Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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Software Configuration:
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Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.

There are two classes of configuration variables:

* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
  These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
  "CONFIG_".

* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
  These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
  you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
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  "CONFIG_SYS_".
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Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
as an example here.


Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
---------------------------------------------------

For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".

Example: For a TQM823L module type:

	cd u-boot
	make TQM823L_config

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For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.


Configuration Options:
----------------------

Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
such information is kept in a configuration file
"include/configs/<board_name>.h".

Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
"include/configs/TQM823L.h".


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Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
build a config tool - later.


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The following options need to be configured:

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- CPU Type:	Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.

- Board Type:	Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
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		Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
		Define exactly one of
		CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
		CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
		CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50

- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
		Define exactly one of
		CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102

- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
		Define one or more of
		CONFIG_CMA302

- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
		Define one or more of
		CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT	- update a character position on
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					  the LCD display every second with
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					  a "rotator" |\-/|\-/

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- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
		CONFIG_ADSTYPE
		Possible values are:
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			CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS	- original MPC8260ADS
			CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS	- MPC8266ADS
			CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS	- PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
			CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS	- MPC8272ADS
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- Marvell Family Member
		CONFIG_SYS_MVFS		- define it if you want to enable
					  multiple fs option at one time
					  for marvell soc family

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- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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		Define exactly one of
		CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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		CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ	- deprecated: CPU clock if
					  get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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					  e.g. if there is no 32KHz
					  reference PIT/RTC clock
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		CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK	- PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
					  or XTAL/EXTAL)
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- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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		CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
		CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
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		CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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			See doc/README.MPC866

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		CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
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		Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
		of relying on the correctness of the configured
		values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
		the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
		that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
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		RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
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		CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE

		Define this option if you want to enable the
		ICache only when Code runs from RAM.

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- 85xx CPU Options:
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		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.

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		CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV

		Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
		system clock.  On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
		devices it can be 16 or 32.  The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.

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		CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT

		Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
		tree nodes for the given platform.

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		CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB

		Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
		around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
		support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
		breakpoints and single stepping do not work.  The value of this
		symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
		purpose.

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		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.

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- Generic CPU options:
		CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN

		Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
		values is arch specific.

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- Intel Monahans options:
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		CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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		Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
		ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
		frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.

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		CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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		Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
		ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
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		2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
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		by this value.
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- MIPS CPU options:
		CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET

		Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
		pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
		relocation.

		CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE

		Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
		See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
		Possible values are:
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
			CONF_CM_UNCACHED
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
			CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED

		CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG

		Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
		See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.

		CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES

		Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
		XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
		be swapped if a flash programmer is used.

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- ARM options:
		CONFIG_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.

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		CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD

		Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
		set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
		better code density. For ARM architectures that support
		Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
		GCC.

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- Linux Kernel Interface:
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		CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ

		U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
		internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
		kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
		bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
		"clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
		converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
		Linux kernel.
		When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
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		"clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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		default environment.

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		CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES		[relevant for MIPS only]

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		expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
		Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.

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

		CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
		 * New libfdt-based support
		 * Adds the "fdt" command
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		 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
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		OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
			MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
		OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
			MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
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		OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
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		OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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		boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
		addresses
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		CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP

		Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
		to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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		CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU

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		This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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		param header, the default value is zero if undefined.

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		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.

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		CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	[relevant for ARM only][mandatory]

		This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
		machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
		number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
		(see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
		Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
		in a single configuration file and the machine type is
		runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.

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- vxWorks boot parameters:

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

		CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
		CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
		CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
		CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters

		CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS

		Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"

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

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- Cache Configuration:
		CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
		CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
		CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot

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- Cache Configuration for ARM:
		CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
				      controller
		CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
					controller register space

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		CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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		Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.

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		CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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		Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.

		CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK

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

		CONFIG_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

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		CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR

		Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
		have separate receive and transmit line control registers.  Set
		this variable to initialize the extra register.

		CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT

		On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
		boot loader that has already initialized the UART.  Define this
		variable to flush the UART at init time.

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- Console Interface:
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		Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
		(like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
		CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
		console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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		Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
		port routines must be defined elsewhere
		(i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)

		CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
		Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
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		defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
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			VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN	graphic memory organisation
						(default big endian)
			VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL	graphic chip supports
						rectangle fill
						(cf. smiLynxEM)
			VIDEO_HW_BITBLT		graphic chip supports
						bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
			VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS	visible pixel columns
						(cols=pitch)
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			VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS	visible pixel rows
			VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE	bytes per pixel
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			VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT	graphic data format
						(0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
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			VIDEO_FB_ADRS		framebuffer address
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			VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT	keyboard int fct
						(i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
			VIDEO_TSTC_FCT		test char fct
						(i.e. i8042_tstc)
			VIDEO_GETC_FCT		get char fct
						(i.e. i8042_getc)
			CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR	cursor drawing on/off
						(requires blink timer
						cf. i8042.c)
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			CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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			CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME	display time/date info in
						upper right corner
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						(requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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			CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO	display Linux logo in
						upper left corner
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			CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO	use bmp_logo.h instead of
						linux_logo.h for logo.
						Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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			CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
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						additional board info beside
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		When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
		default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
		environment 'console=serial'.
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		When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
		messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
		the "silent" environment variable. See
		doc/README.silent for more information.
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- Console Baudrate:
		CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
		Select one of the baudrates listed in
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		CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
		CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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- Console Rx buffer length
		With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
		the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
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		This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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		If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
		must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
		the SMC.

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- Pre-Console Buffer:
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		Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
		initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
		Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
		buffer any console messages prior to the console being
		initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
		bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
		a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
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		bytes are output before the console is initialised, the
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		earlier bytes are discarded.

		'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
		CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
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- Safe printf() functions
		Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
		the printf() functions. These are defined in
		include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
		so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
		If this option is not given then these functions will
		silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
		you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.

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- Boot Delay:	CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
		Delay before automatically booting the default image;
		set to -1 to disable autoboot.
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		set to -2 to autoboot with no delay and not check for abort
		(even when CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK is defined).
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		See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
		work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
		CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
		CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
		CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
		CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
		CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY

- Autoboot Command:
		CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
		Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
		define a command string that is automatically executed
		when no character is read on the console interface
		within "Boot Delay" after reset.

		CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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		This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
		command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
		environment value "bootargs".
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		CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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		The value of these goes into the environment as
		"ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
		as a convenience, when switching between booting from
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- Pre-Boot Commands:
		CONFIG_PREBOOT

		When this option is #defined, the existence of the
		environment variable "preboot" will be checked
		immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
		countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
		entering interactive mode.

		This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
		automatically generated or modified. For an example
		see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
		modified when the user holds down a certain
		combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
		booting the systems

- Serial Download Echo Mode:
		CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
		If defined to 1, all characters received during a
		serial download (using the "loads" command) are
		echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
		emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
		time on others. This setting #define's the initial
		value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.

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- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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		CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
		Select one of the baudrates listed in
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- Monitor Functions:
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		Monitor commands can be included or excluded
		from the build by using the #include files
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		<config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
		commands, or using <config_cmd_default.h>
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		and augmenting with additional #define's
		for wanted commands.

		The default command configuration includes all commands
		except those marked below with a "*".

		CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV	* ask for env variable
		CONFIG_CMD_BDI		  bdinfo
		CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG	* Include BedBug Debugger
		CONFIG_CMD_BMP		* BMP support
		CONFIG_CMD_BSP		* Board specific commands
		CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD	  bootd
		CONFIG_CMD_CACHE	* icache, dcache
		CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE	  coninfo
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		CONFIG_CMD_CRC32	* crc32
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		CONFIG_CMD_DATE		* support for RTC, date/time...
		CONFIG_CMD_DHCP		* DHCP support
		CONFIG_CMD_DIAG		* Diagnostics
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		CONFIG_CMD_DS4510	* ds4510 I2C gpio commands
		CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO	* ds4510 I2C info command
		CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM	* ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
		CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST	* ds4510 I2C rst command
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		CONFIG_CMD_DTT		* Digital Therm and Thermostat
		CONFIG_CMD_ECHO		  echo arguments
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		CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV	  edit env variable
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		CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM	* EEPROM read/write support
		CONFIG_CMD_ELF		* bootelf, bootvx
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		CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV	* export the environment
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		CONFIG_CMD_EXT2		* ext2 command support
		CONFIG_CMD_EXT4		* ext4 command support
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		CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV	  saveenv
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		CONFIG_CMD_FDC		* Floppy Disk Support
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		CONFIG_CMD_FAT		* FAT command support
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		CONFIG_CMD_FDOS		* Dos diskette Support
		CONFIG_CMD_FLASH	  flinfo, erase, protect
		CONFIG_CMD_FPGA		  FPGA device initialization support
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		CONFIG_CMD_GO		* the 'go' command (exec code)
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		CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV	* search environment
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		CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW	* RTS/CTS hw flow control
		CONFIG_CMD_I2C		* I2C serial bus support
		CONFIG_CMD_IDE		* IDE harddisk support
		CONFIG_CMD_IMI		  iminfo
		CONFIG_CMD_IMLS		  List all found images
		CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP	* IMMR dump support
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		CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV	* import an environment
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		CONFIG_CMD_INI		* import data from an ini file into the env
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		CONFIG_CMD_IRQ		* irqinfo
		CONFIG_CMD_ITEST	  Integer/string test of 2 values
		CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2	* JFFS2 Support
		CONFIG_CMD_KGDB		* kgdb
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		CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO	  ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
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		CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL	* link-local IP address auto-configuration
					  (169.254.*.*)
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		CONFIG_CMD_LOADB	  loadb
		CONFIG_CMD_LOADS	  loads
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		CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM	  print md5 message digest
					  (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
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		CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY	  md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
					  loop, loopw, mtest
		CONFIG_CMD_MISC		  Misc functions like sleep etc
		CONFIG_CMD_MMC		* MMC memory mapped support
		CONFIG_CMD_MII		* MII utility commands
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		CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS	* MTD partition support
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		CONFIG_CMD_NAND		* NAND support
		CONFIG_CMD_NET		  bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
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		CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X	* PCA953x I2C gpio commands
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		CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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		CONFIG_CMD_PCI		* pciinfo
		CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA		* PCMCIA support
		CONFIG_CMD_PING		* send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
					  host
		CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO	* Port I/O
		CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO	* Register dump
		CONFIG_CMD_RUN		  run command in env variable
		CONFIG_CMD_SAVES	* save S record dump
		CONFIG_CMD_SCSI		* SCSI Support
		CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM	* print SDRAM configuration information
					  (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
		CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR	  Support for DCR Register access
					  (4xx only)
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		CONFIG_CMD_SF		* Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
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		CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM	  print sha1 memory digest
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					  (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
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		CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE	  "source" command Support
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		CONFIG_CMD_SPI		* SPI serial bus support
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		CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV	* TFTP transfer in server mode
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		CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT	* TFTP put command (upload)
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		CONFIG_CMD_TIME		* run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
		CONFIG_CMD_TIMER	* access to the system tick timer
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		CONFIG_CMD_USB		* USB support
		CONFIG_CMD_CDP		* Cisco Discover Protocol support
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		CONFIG_CMD_MFSL		* Microblaze FSL support
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		EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
		support you can write:

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		#include "config_cmd_all.h"
		#undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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	Other Commands:
		fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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	Note:	Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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		(configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
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		what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
		cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
		8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
		uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
		systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
		initial stack and some data.
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		XXX - this list needs to get updated!

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- Device tree:
		CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
		If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
		to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
		compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
		experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
		tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.

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		U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
		be done using one of the two options below:
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		CONFIG_OF_EMBED
		If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
		binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
		board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
		is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
		the global data structure as gd->blob.
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		CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
		If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
		binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
		code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:

			cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin

		and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
		u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
		still use the individual files if you need something more
		exotic.

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- Watchdog:
		CONFIG_WATCHDOG
		If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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		support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
		specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
		CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
		register.  When supported for a specific SoC is
		available, then no further board specific code should
		be needed to use it.

		CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
		When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
		SoC, then define this variable and provide board
		specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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- U-Boot Version:
		CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
		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.
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		Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
		next reset.
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- Real-Time Clock:

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		has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
		following options:

		CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx	- use internal RTC of MPC8xx
		CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563	- use Philips PCF8563 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX	- use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_MC146818	- use MC146818 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_DS1307	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_DS1337	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_DS1338	- use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_DS164x	- use Dallas DS164x RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208	- use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
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		CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900	- use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
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		CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC	- Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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		CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR	- enable trickle charger on
					  RV3029 RTC.
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		Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
		must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.

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- GPIO Support:
		CONFIG_PCA953X		- use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
		CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO	- enable pca953x info command

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		The CONFIG_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.

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		Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
		must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.

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- Timestamp Support:

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		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
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- 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.
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		If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
		CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
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		least one non-MTD partition type as well.
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- IDE Reset method:
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		CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
		board configurations files but used nowhere!
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		CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
		be performed by calling the function
			ide_set_reset(int reset)
		which has to be defined in a board specific file
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- ATAPI Support:
		CONFIG_ATAPI

		Set this to enable ATAPI support.

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- LBA48 Support
		CONFIG_LBA48

		Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
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		Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
		support disks up to 2.1TB.

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			When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
			Default is 32bit.

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- SCSI Support:
		At the moment only there is only support for the
		SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
		CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.

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		CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
		CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
		CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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		maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
		devices.
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                The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
                SCSI devices found during the last scan.

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- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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		CONFIG_E1000
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		Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.

		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.

		CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
		Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
		example with the "sspi" command.

		CONFIG_CMD_E1000
		Management command for E1000 devices.  When used on devices
		with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
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		CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
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		CONFIG_EEPRO100
		Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
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		write routine for first time initialisation.

		CONFIG_TULIP
		Support for Digital 2114x chips.
		Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
		modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).

		CONFIG_NATSEMI
		Support for National dp83815 chips.

		CONFIG_NS8382X
		Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.

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- NETWORK Support (other):

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		CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
		Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.

			CONFIG_RMII
			Define this to use reduced MII inteface

			CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
			If this defined, the driver is quiet.
			The driver doen't show link status messages.

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		CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
		Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device

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		CONFIG_LAN91C96
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		Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.

			CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
			Define this to hold the physical address
			of the LAN91C96's I/O space

			CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
			Define this to enable 32 bit addressing

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		CONFIG_SMC91111
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		Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip

			CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
			Define this to hold the physical address
			of the device (I/O space)

			CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
			Define this if data bus is 32 bits

			CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
			Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
			(some hardware wont work with macros)

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		CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
		Support for davinci emac

			CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
			Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.

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		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.

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		Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips

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			CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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			Define this to hold the physical address
			of the device (I/O space)

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			CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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			Define this if data bus is 32 bits

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			CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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			Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
			automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
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		CONFIG_SH_ETHER
		Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller

			CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
			Define the number of ports to be used

			CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
			Define the ETH PHY's address

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

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

			CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
			Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
			to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
			0xfed40000.

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- USB Support:
		At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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		supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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		CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
		define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
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		and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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		storage devices.
		Note:
		Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
		(TEAC FD-05PUB).
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		MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
			CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
				for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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			CONFIG_PSC3_USB
				for USB on PSC3
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			CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
				for differential drivers: 0x00001000
				for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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				for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
				for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
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			CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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				May be defined to allow interrupt polling
				instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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		CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
		txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.

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- 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
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		attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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		it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
		can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
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		appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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		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
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			CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
			Define this to build a UDC device

			CONFIG_USB_TTY
			Define this to have a tty type of device available to
			talk to the UDC device
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			CONFIG_USBD_HS
			Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
			device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
			int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
			also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
			whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
			speed.

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			CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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			Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
			be set to usbtty.

			mpc8xx:
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				CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
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				Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
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				CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
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				Derive USB clock from brgclk
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				- CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
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		If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
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		define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
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		or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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		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"
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			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
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			CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
			Define this as the unique Product ID
			for your device
			- CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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- 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.
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		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.
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		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
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		enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
		the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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		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

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- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
		CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
		CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
		Define these for a default partition on a NAND device

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		CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
		CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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		Define these for a default partition on a NOR device

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		Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
		function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)

		If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
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		to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
		have not defined a custom partition

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- FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
		CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
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		Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
		file in FAT formatted partition.

		This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
		user to write files to FAT.
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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.

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- Keyboard Support:
		CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD

		Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
		support

		CONFIG_I8042_KBD
		Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
		GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
		Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
		for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.

- Video support:
		CONFIG_VIDEO

		Define this to enable video support (for output to
		video).

		CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000

		Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip

		CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
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		video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
		(1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
		assumed.

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		For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
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		are possible:
		- "videomode=num"   'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
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		Following standard modes are supported	(* is default):
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		      Colors	640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
		-------------+---------------------------------------------
		      8 bits |	0x301*	0x303	 0x305	  0x161	    0x307
		     15 bits |	0x310	0x313	 0x316	  0x162	    0x319
		     16 bits |	0x311	0x314	 0x317	  0x163	    0x31A
		     24 bits |	0x312	0x315	 0x318	    ?	    0x31B
		-------------+---------------------------------------------
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		(i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)

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		- "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
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		and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
		or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP

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		Enable the Freescale DIU video driver.	Reference boards for
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		SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
		support, and should also define these other macros:

			CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
			CONFIG_VIDEO
			CONFIG_CMD_BMP
			CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
			CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
			CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
			CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
			CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO

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		The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
		variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
		boot.  See the documentation file README.video for a
		description of this variable.
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- Keyboard Support:
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		CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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		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.
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- LCD Support:	CONFIG_LCD

		Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
		display); also select one of the supported displays
		by defining one of these:

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		CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:

			HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.

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		CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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			NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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		CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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			NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
			Active, color, single scan.

		CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54

			NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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			Active, color, single scan.

		CONFIG_SHARP_16x9

			Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
			It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.

		CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341

			Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
			Active, color, single scan.

		CONFIG_HLD1045

			HLD1045 display, 640x480.
			Active, color, single scan.

		CONFIG_OPTREX_BW

			Optrex	 CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
			or
			Hitachi	 LMG6912RPFC-00T
			or
			Hitachi	 SP14Q002

			320x240. Black & white.

		Normally display is black on white background; define
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		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
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		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.
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		CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN

		If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
		on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
		position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
		number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
		is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
		specify 'm' for centering the image.

		Example:
		setenv splashpos m,m
			=> image at center of screen

		setenv splashpos 30,20
			=> image at x = 30 and y = 20

		setenv splashpos -10,m
			=> vertically centered image
			   at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9

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- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP

		If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
		images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
		splashscreen support or the bmp command.

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- Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8

		If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
		can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
		bmp command.

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- 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.

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- Compression support:
		CONFIG_BZIP2

		If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
		images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
		compressed images are supported.

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		CONFIG_LZMA

		If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
		images is included.

		Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
		requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
		formula:

			(1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)

		Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
		and Literal pos bits.

		This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
		for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
		total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
		a very small buffer.

		Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
		then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
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- MII/PHY support:
		CONFIG_PHY_ADDR

		The address of PHY on MII bus.

		CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)

		The clock frequency of the MII bus

		CONFIG_PHY_GIGE

		If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
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		detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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		CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY

		Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
		reset before any MII register access is possible.
		For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
		required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)

		CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)

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

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- Ethernet address:
		CONFIG_ETHADDR
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		CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
		CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
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		CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
		CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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		Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
		for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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		is not determined automatically.

- IP address:
		CONFIG_IPADDR

		Define a default value for the IP address to use for
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- Server IP address:
		CONFIG_SERVERIP

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		server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
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		CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR

		Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
		for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)

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- Gateway IP address:
		CONFIG_GATEWAYIP

		Defines a default value for the IP address of the
		default router where packets to other networks are
		sent to.
		(Environment variable "gatewayip")

- Subnet mask:
		CONFIG_NETMASK

		Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
		routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
		address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
		forwarded through a router.
		(Environment variable "netmask")

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- Multicast TFTP Mode:
		CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP

		Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
		rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp.  Lets lots of targets
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		driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
		multicast group.

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- 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
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		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

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		You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
		CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:

		CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
		CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
		CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
		CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
		CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
		CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
		CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
		CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
		CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
		CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
		CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
		CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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		environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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		CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
		after the configured retry count, the call will fail
		instead of starting over.  This can be used to fail over
		to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
		is not available.

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		CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
		serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
		than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
		If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
		serverip will be stored in the additional environment
		variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
		stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
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		CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
		to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
		need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
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		option 12 to the DHCP server.
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		CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY

		A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
		receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
		This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
		respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
		AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
		to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
		DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
		least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
		that one of the retries will be successful but note that
		the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
		this delay.

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 - 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.

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		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
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		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.

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- Status LED:	CONFIG_STATUS_LED

		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_STATUS_LED enables this
		feature in U-Boot.

- CAN Support:	CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER

		Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
		on those systems that support this (optional)
		feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.

- I2C Support:	CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C

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		These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
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		CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
		clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
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		bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
		support for I2C.
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		and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
		eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
		CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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		CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX

		When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
		chips might think that the current transfer is still
		in progress.  Reset the slave devices by sending start
		commands until the slave device responds.

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		If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
		then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
		from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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		I2C_INIT

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		(Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
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		controller or configure ports.
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		eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |=	PB_SCL)
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		I2C_PORT

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		(Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
		assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
		are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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		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.

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

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		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.

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		I2C_READ

		Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
		FALSE if it is low.

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

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		I2C_SDA(bit)

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

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		eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
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		I2C_SCL(bit)

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

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		eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
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		I2C_DELAY

		This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
		controls the rate of data transfer.  The data rate thus
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		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.

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		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.
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		CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT

		An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
		defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
		boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
		is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
		using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
		controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
		i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
		controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).

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		CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)

		This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
		in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
		variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)

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		CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS

		This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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		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.
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		CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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		This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
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		is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs.  Otherwise, specify
		a 1D array of device addresses
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		e.g.
			#undef	CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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			#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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		will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus

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			#define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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		CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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		If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
		If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.

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		CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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		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.

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

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		CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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		If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
		If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
		specified DTT device.

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		Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
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		CONFIG_I2C_MUX

		Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
		I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
		Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
		new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
		new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
		the muxes to activate this new "bus".

		CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
		feature!

		Example:
		Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
			The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
			The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4

		=> i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4

		Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
		of I2C Busses with muxes:

		=> i2c bus
		Busses reached over muxes:
		Bus ID: 2
		  reached over Mux(es):
		    pca9544a@70 ch: 4
		Bus ID: 3
		  reached over Mux(es):
		    pca9544a@70 ch: 6
		    pca9544a@71 ch: 4
		=>

		If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
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		u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
		channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
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		the channel 4.

		After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
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		usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
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		the 2 muxes.

		This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
		algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
		Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
		to add this option to other architectures.

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		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.
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- 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)

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		CONFIG_SH_SPI

		Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
		only SH7757 is supported.

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		CONFIG_SPI_X

		Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
		(symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)

		CONFIG_SOFT_SPI

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		Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
		using hardware support. This is a general purpose
		driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
		(two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
		defined, the board configuration must define several
		SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
		an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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		CONFIG_HARD_SPI

		Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
		and writes.  As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
		must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
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		CONFIG_MXC_SPI

		Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
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		Enables FPGA subsystem.

		CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>

		Enables support for specific chip vendors.
		(ALTERA, XILINX)
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		Enables support for FPGA family.
		(SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)

		CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT

		Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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		Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
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		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.
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		CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY

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

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		Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration

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		CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
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		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).
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		Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
		after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
		FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
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		Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
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		Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
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- Configuration Management:
		CONFIG_IDENT_STRING

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		If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
		version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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- Vendor Parameter Protection:

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		variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
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		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
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		If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
		file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
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		these parameters.

		Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
		_and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
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		which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
		serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
		read-only.]

- Protected RAM:
		CONFIG_PRAM

		Define this variable to enable the reservation of
		"protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
		by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_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:

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			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":

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			HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
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- Error Recovery:
		CONFIG_PANIC_HANG

		Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
		fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
		This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
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		automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
		useful during development since you can try to debug
		the conditions that lead to the situation.

		CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT

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		This variable defines the number of retries for
		network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
		before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
		default value of 5 is used.
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		CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT

		Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.

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		CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT

		Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
		If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
		try longer timeout such as
		#define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL

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		Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.

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		Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
		for the "hush" shell.
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		Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
		Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
		powerful command line syntax like
		if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
		constructs ("shell scripts").

		If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
		with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.


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		This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
		printed when the command interpreter needs more input
		to complete a command. Usually "> ".

	Note:

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

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- Commandline Editing and History:
		CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING

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- Default Environment:
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		CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS

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		Define this to contain any number of null terminated
		strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
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		board's config file:
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		#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
			"myvar1=value1\0" \
			"myvar2=value2\0"

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		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
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		You better know what you are doing here.

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		Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
		discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
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		CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG

		Define this in order to add variables describing the
		U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
		These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.

		Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:

		- CONFIG_SYS_ARCH
		- CONFIG_SYS_CPU
		- CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
		- CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR
		- CONFIG_SYS_SOC

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		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.

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- DataFlash Support:
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		CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH

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		Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
		allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
		commands cp, md...
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- Serial Flash support
		CONFIG_CMD_SF

		Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
		'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.

		Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
		flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
		commands.

		The following defaults may be provided by the platform
		to handle the common case when only a single serial
		flash is present on the system.

		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS		Bus identifier
		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS		Chip-select
		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE 		(see include/spi.h)
		CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED		in Hz

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- SystemACE Support:
		CONFIG_SYSTEMACE

		Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
		chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
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		#define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
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		When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
		becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.

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- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
		CONFIG_TFTP_PORT

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		Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
		the TFTP UDP destination port value.  If tftpdstp isn't
		defined, the normal port 69 is used.

		The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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		blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
		target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
		"punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
		the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
		A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
		but sometimes that is not allowed.

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- Show boot progress:
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		CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS

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		Defining this option allows to add some board-
		specific code (calling a user-provided function
		"show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
		the system's boot progress on some display (for
		example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
		the following checkpoints are implemented:
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- Detailed boot stage timing
		CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
		Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
		of the boot process.

		CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
		This is the number of available user bootstage records.
		Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
		a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
		the limit, recording will stop.

		CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
		Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:

		Timer summary in microseconds:
		       Mark    Elapsed  Stage
			  0          0  reset
		  3,575,678  3,575,678  board_init_f start
		  3,575,695         17  arch_cpu_init A9
		  3,575,777         82  arch_cpu_init done
		  3,659,598     83,821  board_init_r start
		  3,910,375    250,777  main_loop
		 29,916,167 26,005,792  bootm_start
		 30,361,327    445,160  start_kernel

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		CONFIG_CMD_BOOTSTAGE
		Add a 'bootstage' command which supports printing a report
		and un/stashing of bootstage data.

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		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.

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Legacy uImage format:

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  Arg	Where			When
    1	common/cmd_bootm.c	before attempting to boot an image
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   -1	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has bad	 magic number
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    2	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has correct magic number
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    3	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image header has correct checksum
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   -3	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image data   has bad	 checksum
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    4	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image data   has correct checksum
   -4	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image is for unsupported architecture
    5	common/cmd_bootm.c	Architecture check OK
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    6	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image Type check OK
   -6	common/cmd_bootm.c	gunzip uncompression error
   -7	common/cmd_bootm.c	Unimplemented compression type
    7	common/cmd_bootm.c	Uncompression OK
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  -10	common/image.c		Ramdisk header has bad	   magic number
  -11	common/image.c		Ramdisk header has bad	   checksum
   10	common/image.c		Ramdisk header is OK
  -12	common/image.c		Ramdisk data   has bad	   checksum
   11	common/image.c		Ramdisk data   has correct checksum
   12	common/image.c		Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
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   13	common/image.c		Start multifile image verification
   14	common/image.c		No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.

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  -35	common/cmd_doc.c	Bad usage of "doc" command
   35	common/cmd_doc.c	correct usage of "doc" command
  -36	common/cmd_doc.c	No boot device
   36	common/cmd_doc.c	correct boot device
  -37	common/cmd_doc.c	Unknown Chip ID on boot device
   37	common/cmd_doc.c	correct chip ID found, device available
  -38	common/cmd_doc.c	Read Error on boot device
   38	common/cmd_doc.c	reading Image header from DOC device OK
  -39	common/cmd_doc.c	Image header has bad magic number
   39	common/cmd_doc.c	Image header has correct magic number
  -40	common/cmd_doc.c	Error reading Image from DOC device
   40	common/cmd_doc.c	Image header has correct magic number
   41	common/cmd_ide.c	before loading a Image from a IDE device
  -42	common/cmd_ide.c	Bad usage of "ide" command
   42	common/cmd_ide.c	correct usage of "ide" command
  -43	common/cmd_ide.c	No boot device
   43	common/cmd_ide.c	boot device found
  -44	common/cmd_ide.c	Device not available
   44	common/cmd_ide.c	Device available
  -45	common/cmd_ide.c	wrong partition selected
   45	common/cmd_ide.c	partition selected
  -46	common/cmd_ide.c	Unknown partition table
   46	common/cmd_ide.c	valid partition table found
  -47	common/cmd_ide.c	Invalid partition type
   47	common/cmd_ide.c	correct partition type
  -48	common/cmd_ide.c	Error reading Image Header on boot device
   48	common/cmd_ide.c	reading Image Header from IDE device OK
  -49	common/cmd_ide.c	Image header has bad magic number
   49	common/cmd_ide.c	Image header has correct magic number
  -50	common/cmd_ide.c	Image header has bad	 checksum
   50	common/cmd_ide.c	Image header has correct checksum
  -51	common/cmd_ide.c	Error reading Image from IDE device
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   52	common/cmd_nand.c	before loading a Image from a NAND device
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  -54	common/cmd_nand.c	No boot device
   54	common/cmd_nand.c	boot device found
  -55	common/cmd_nand.c	Unknown Chip ID on boot device
   55	common/cmd_nand.c	correct chip ID found, device available
  -56	common/cmd_nand.c	Error reading Image Header on boot device
   56	common/cmd_nand.c	reading Image Header from NAND device OK
  -57	common/cmd_nand.c	Image header has bad magic number
   57	common/cmd_nand.c	Image header has correct magic number
  -58	common/cmd_nand.c	Error reading Image from NAND device
   58	common/cmd_nand.c	reading Image from NAND device OK

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  Arg	Where			When
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 -100	common/cmd_bootm.c	Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
  101	common/cmd_bootm.c	No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
 -101	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
  102	common/cmd_bootm.c	Kernel unit name specified
 -103	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage node offset
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 -104	common/cmd_bootm.c	Kernel subimage hash verification failed
  105	common/cmd_bootm.c	Kernel subimage hash verification OK
 -105	common/cmd_bootm.c	Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
  106	common/cmd_bootm.c	Architecture check OK
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 -107	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage data/size
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 -108	common/cmd_bootm.c	Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
 -109	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage type
 -110	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage comp
 -111	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage os
 -112	common/cmd_bootm.c	Can't get kernel subimage load address
 -113	common/cmd_bootm.c	Image uncompress/copy overwrite error

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 -125	common/image.c		Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
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 -126	common/image.c		Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
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 -127	common/image.c		Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
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- Standalone program support:
		CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR

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		This option defines a board specific value for the
		address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
		overwriting the architecture dependent default
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		settings.

- Frame Buffer Address:
		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
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		grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
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		Please see board_init_f function.

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- 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_DEVICE

		Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
		Needed for mtdparts command support.

		CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS

		Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
		kernel. Needed for UBI support.

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		CONFIG_SPL
		Enable building of SPL globally.
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		CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
		LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.

		CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
		Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.

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		CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
		TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
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		CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
		Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.

		CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
		Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.

		CONFIG_SPL_STACK
		Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use

		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.
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		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.

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

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		CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
		Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
		Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
		CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
		CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
		Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
		when the MMC is being used in raw mode.

		CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
		Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary

		CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
		Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT

		CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
		Support for drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o in SPL binary

		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,
		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

		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
		Location in NAND for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to read U-Boot
		from.

		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
		Location in memory for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to load U-Boot
		to.

		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
		Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
		data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.

		CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
		Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
		ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.

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		CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
		Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
		Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
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		CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
		Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
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Modem Support:
--------------

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[so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
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- Modem support enable:
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		CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT

- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
		CONFIG_HWFLOW

- Modem debug support:
		CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG

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		Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
		for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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- Interrupt support (PPC):

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

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		In the target system modem support is enabled when a
		specific key (key combination) is pressed during
		power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
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		(autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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		board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
		function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
		initialization.
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		If there are no modem init strings in the
		environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
		previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
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		See also: doc/README.Modem

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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()
- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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Configuration Settings:
-----------------------

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- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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		undefine this when you're short of memory.

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- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
		width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.

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- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT:	This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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		prompt for user input.

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- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE:	Buffer size for input from the Console
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- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE:	Buffer size for Console output
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- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS:	max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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		the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
		booted

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- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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		List of legal baudrate settings for this board.

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- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
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		Suppress display of console information at boot.
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- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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		If the board specific function
			extern int overwrite_console (void);
		returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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		serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.

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- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
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		Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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		Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.

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- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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		Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
		simple memory test.

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- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
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		Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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		Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
		You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable

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- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
		If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
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		(end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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		fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
		the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
		This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
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		will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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		This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
		CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
		be touched.

		WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
		the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
		then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
		non page size aligned address and this could cause major
		problems.

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- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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		Default load address for network file downloads

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- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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		Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download

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- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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		Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.

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- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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		Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
		Cogent motherboard)

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- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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		Physical start address of Flash memory.

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- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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		Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
		make config files to be same as the text base address
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		(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
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		CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
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- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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		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.
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- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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		Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.

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- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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		Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
		uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
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		to adjust this setting to your needs.

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- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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		Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
		the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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		the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
		used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
		enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
		all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
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		and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.	 The environment
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		variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
		CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.  If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
		then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
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- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
		Enable initrd_high functionality.  If defined then the
		initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
		is enabled.

- 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.

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- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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		Max number of Flash memory banks

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- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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		Max number of sectors on a Flash chip

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- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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		Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)

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- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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		Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)

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- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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		Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)

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- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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		Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)

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		If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
		instead of U-Boot software protection.

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- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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		Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
		without this option such a download has to be
		performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
		copy from RAM to flash.

		The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
		you can check if the download worked before you erase
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		too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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		downloaded image) this option may be very useful.

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		common flash structure for storing flash geometry.

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		This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
		in the drivers directory
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- 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.

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		Use buffered writes to flash.

- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
		s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
		write commands.

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		If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
		print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
		is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
		optionally available.

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- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
		If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
		digits and dots.  Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
		column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.

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		Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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		buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
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		Defaults to 4 if not defined.

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- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES

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	Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
	internally to store the environment settings. The default
	setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
	cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
	lib/hashtable.c for details.
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The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
following configurations:

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- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:

	Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
	may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.

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	Define this if the environment is in flash memory.

	a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
	   "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
	   happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
	   sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
	   sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
	   layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
	   such a case you would place the environment in one of the
	   4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
	   "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
	   environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
	   between U-Boot and the environment.

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	   Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
	   beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
	   type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
	   for this sector is given here.

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	   This is just another way to specify the start address of
	   the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
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	- CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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	   Size of the sector containing the environment.


	b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
	   In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
	   the environment.

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	   of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
	   memory for the RAM copy of the environment.

	   It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
	   when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
	   since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
	   for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
	   STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
	   updating the environment in flash makes it always
	   necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
	   wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
	   RAM, your target system will be dead.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
	  CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
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	   These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
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	   a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
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	   a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
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	   a "saveenv" operation.
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BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
accordingly!


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- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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	Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
	(NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
	environment.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
	- CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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	  These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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	  want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
	  can just be read and written to, without any special
	  provision.

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


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- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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	Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
	device and a driver for it.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
	- CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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	  These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
	  environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.

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	- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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	  If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
	  The default address is zero.

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	- CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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	  If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
	  single page in the EEPROM device.  A 64 byte page, for example
	  would require six bits.

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	- CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
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	  If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
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	  page writes.	The default is zero milliseconds.
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	- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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	  The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address.  Note
	  that this is NOT the chip address length!

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	- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
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	  EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
	  like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
	  address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
	  slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
	  byte chips.

	  Note that we consider the length of the address field to
	  still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
	  in the chip address.

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	- CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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	  The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
	  define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
	  EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.

	- CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
	  if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
	  I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
	  EEPROM. For example:

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	  #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS	  "pca9547:70:d\0"
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	  EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
	  a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
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- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
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	Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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	want to use for the environment.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
	- CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
	- CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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	  These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
	  environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
	  at the specified address.

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- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:

	Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
	want to use for the local device's environment.

	- CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
	- CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:

	  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
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"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
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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.
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	Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
	for the environment.

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	- CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
	- CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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	  These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
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	  area within the first NAND device.  CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
	  aligned to an erase block boundary.
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	- CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
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	  This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
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	  size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
	  that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
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	  during a "saveenv" operation.	 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
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	  aligned to an erase block boundary.

	- CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):

	  Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
	  can be written.  This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
	  block size.  Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
	  are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
	  the range to be avoided.

	- CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):

	  Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
	  environment from block zero's out-of-band data.  The
	  "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
	  Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
	  using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
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- 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.

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- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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	Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
	area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
	is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
	scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
	calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
	to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
	start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.

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has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
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created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
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until then to read environment variables.

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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.]
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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
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- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
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		Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
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		Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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		      also needs to be defined.

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- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
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		MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
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- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
		Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
		and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
		drivers/serial/ns16550.c.  This option is useful for saving
		space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
		limited to NAND_SPL configurations.

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Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
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- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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		Cache Line Size of the CPU.

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- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
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		Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
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		Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
		and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
		the IMMR register after a reset.
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- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
		Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
		PowerPC SOCs.

- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
		Virtual address of CCSR.  On a 32-bit build, this is typically
		the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.

		CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
		for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.

- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
		Physical address of CCSR.  CCSR can be relocated to a new
		physical address, if desired.  In this case, this macro should
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		be set to that address.	 Otherwise, it should be set to the
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		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 CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
			* 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)

- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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		either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build).	This macro is
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		used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
		integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").

- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
		Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_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_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
		If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
		forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.

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- Floppy Disk Support:
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		CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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		the default drive number (default value 0)

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		CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
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		(default value 1)

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		CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
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		defines the offset of register from address. It
		depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
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		the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
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		If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
		CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
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		if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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		fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
		setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
		source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
		initializations.
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- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
		Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
		interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
		When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
		IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
		registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
		is requierd.

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- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR:	Physical address of the Internal Memory.
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		DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
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		doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
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- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
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		Start address of memory area that can be used for
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		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 and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
		- MPC824X: data cache
		- PPC4xx:  data cache

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- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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		Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
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		area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
		CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
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		data is located at the end of the available space
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		CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
		below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
		CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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	Note:
		On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
		cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
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		point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
		the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.

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- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR:	SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
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- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR:	System Protection Control (11-9)
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- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR:	Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
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- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR:	Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
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- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR:	PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
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- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR:	System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
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- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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		SDRAM timing

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- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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		periodic timer for refresh

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- CONFIG_SYS_DER:	Debug Event Register (37-47)
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- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
  CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
  CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
  CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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		Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)

- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
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  CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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		Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)

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- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
  CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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		Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
		Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)

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- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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		enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
		define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]

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		define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]

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		enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
		define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]

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- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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		Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
		wrong setting might damage your board. Read
		doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!

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		Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
		(Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
		#define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
		cpm_8260.h.
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- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
  CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
  CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
  CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
  CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
  CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
  CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
  CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
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- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
		Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
		required.

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- 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.

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- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
		Chip has SRIO or not

- CONFIG_SRIO1:
		Board has SRIO 1 port available

- CONFIG_SRIO2:
		Board has SRIO 2 port available

- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
		Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region

- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
		Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region

- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
		Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region

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- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
		Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
		16 bit bus.

- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
		Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
		a default value will be used.

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		with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs

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		one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
		to something your driver can deal with.
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- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
		Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
		soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
		parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
		header files or board specific files.

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- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
		Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.

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		be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
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- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
		Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.

- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
		Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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		to the given FEC; i. e.
			#define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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		means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1

		When set to -1, means to probe for first available.

- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
		The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
		(so program the FEC to ignore it).

- 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.

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- 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.

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- CONFIG_LOOPW
		Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
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- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
		Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
		"md/mw" commands.
		Examples:

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

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

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		This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
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		globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
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		[ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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		low level initializations (like setting up the memory
		controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
		relocate itself into RAM.

		Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
		exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
		other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
		these initializations itself.
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- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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		Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
		that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
		compiling a NAND SPL.
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- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
  CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
		If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
		be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
		conditions but may increase the binary size.

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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_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
	The address in the storage device where the firmware is located.  The
	meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_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_SPIFLASH
	Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
	device.  CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.

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- 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
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	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.
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Building the Software:
======================

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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 http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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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:
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	$ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
	$ export CROSS_COMPILE
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Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
      the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
      (http://www.mingw.org).  Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
      toolchain and execute 'make tools'.  For example:

       $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools

      Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
      be executed on computers running Windows.

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

	make NAME_config

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Note: for some board 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"
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      make TQM823L_config
	- will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support

      make TQM823L_LCD_config
	- 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

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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.

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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:

1.  Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
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    "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
    Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
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2.  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", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3.  Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
    your board
3.  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.
4.  Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
5.  Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
    to be installed on your target system.
6.  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.:
==============================================================

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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
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provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
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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
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the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
you can type
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	CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL

or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type

	CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL

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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:
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	export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
	export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
	CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL

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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.
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See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.


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
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bootz   - boot zImage from memory
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tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
	       and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
	       (and eventually "gatewayip")
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tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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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)
md	- memory display
mm	- memory modify (auto-incrementing)
nm	- memory modify (constant address)
mw	- memory write (fill)
cp	- memory copy
cmp	- memory compare
crc32	- checksum calculation
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i2c	- I2C sub-system
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sspi	- SPI utility commands
base	- print or set address offset
printenv- print environment variables
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
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
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loopw	- infinite write loop on address range
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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 <command>".


Environment Variables:
======================

U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.

List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
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  baudrate	- see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
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  bootdelay	- see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
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  bootcmd	- see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
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  bootargs	- Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
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  bootfile	- Name of the image to load with TFTP
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  bootm_low	- Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
		  command can be restricted. This variable is given as
		  a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
		  for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
		  environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
		  also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
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		  kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
		  bootm_mapsize.

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		  This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
		  defines the size of the memory region starting at base
		  address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
		  during early boot.  If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
		  as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
		  used otherwise.
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  bootm_size	- Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
		  command can be restricted. This variable is given as
		  a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
		  allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
		  environment variable.

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  updatefile	- Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
		  by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
		  documentation in doc/README.update for more details.

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  autoload	- if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
		  "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
		  configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
		  load any image using TFTP
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  autostart	- if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
		  "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
		  be automatically started (by internally calling
		  "bootm")
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		  If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
		  "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
		  (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
		  This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
		  data.
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  fdt_high	- if set this restricts the maximum address that the
		  flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
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		  For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
		  at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
		  only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
		  may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
		  device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
		  of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
		  access it during the boot procedure.

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		  If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
		  the fdt will not be copied at all on boot.  For this
		  to work it must reside in writable memory, have
		  sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
		  add the information it needs into it, and the memory
		  must be accessible by the kernel.

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  fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
		  device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
		  defined.

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  i2cfast	- (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
		  if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
		  mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
		  initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
		  it must be saved and board must be reset.

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  initrd_high	- restrict positioning of initrd images:
		  If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
		  copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
		  is usually what you want since it allows for
		  maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
		  make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
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		  variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
		  Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
		  address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
		  does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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		  For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
		  RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
		  you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
		  the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
		  sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
		  12 MB as well - this can be done with
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		  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.
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  ipaddr	- IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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  loadaddr	- Default load address for commands like "bootp",
		  "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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  loads_echo	- see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
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  serverip	- TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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  bootdelaykey	- see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
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  bootstopkey	- see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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  ethprime	- controls which interface is used first.
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  ethact	- controls which interface is currently active.
		  For example you can do the following
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		  => setenv ethact FEC
		  => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
		  => setenv ethact SCC
		  => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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  ethrotate	- When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
		  available network interfaces.
		  It just stays at the currently selected interface.

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		  either succeed or fail without retrying.
		  When set to "once" the network operation will
		  fail when all the available network interfaces
		  are tried once without success.
		  Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
		  themselves.
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		  UDP source port.

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		  destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.

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  tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
		  we use the TFTP server's default block size

  tftptimeout	- Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
		  seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
		  when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
		  be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
		  Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
		  faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
		  with unreliable TFTP servers.

  vlan		- When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
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The following image location variables contain the location of images
used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
flash or offset in NAND flash.

*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
boards use these variables for other purposes.

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Image		    File Name	     RAM Address       Flash Location
-----		    ---------	     -----------       --------------
u-boot		    u-boot	     u-boot_addr_r     u-boot_addr
Linux kernel	    bootfile	     kernel_addr_r     kernel_addr
device tree blob    fdtfile	     fdt_addr_r	       fdt_addr
ramdisk		    ramdiskfile	     ramdisk_addr_r    ramdisk_addr
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The following environment variables may be used and automatically
updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
depending the information provided by your boot server:
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  bootfile	- see above
  dnsip		- IP address of your Domain Name Server
  dnsip2	- IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
  gatewayip	- IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
  hostname	- Target hostname
  ipaddr	- see above
  netmask	- Subnet Mask
  rootpath	- Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
  serverip	- see above
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There are two special Environment Variables:
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  serial#	- contains hardware identification information such
		  as type string and/or serial number
  ethaddr	- Ethernet address
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These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
once they have been set once.
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Further special Environment Variables:
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  ver		- Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
		  with the "version" command. This variable is
		  readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
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Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
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Command Line Parsing:
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There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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Old, simple command line parser:
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- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
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- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
  for example:
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- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
	setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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Hush shell:
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- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
  if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
  until...do...done, ...
- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
  commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
  "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
  command

General rules:
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(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
    command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
    one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
    executed anyway.
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(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
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    command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
    variables are not executed.
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Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
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Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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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:
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o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
  environment, the SROM's address is used.
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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.
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o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
  both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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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.
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o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
  is raised.
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may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
The naming convention is as follows:
"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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Image Formats:
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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:
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* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
  4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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  Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
  INTEGRITY).
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* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
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  Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
* Load Address
* Entry Point
* Image Name
* Image Timestamp
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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.
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Linux Support:
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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.
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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:
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- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
  applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
  Flash memory footprint)
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- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
  lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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- 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.
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Linux HOWTO:
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Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
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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 :-).
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But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
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Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
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Configuring the Linux kernel:
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No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.


Building a Linux Image:
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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_config
	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
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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:
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	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'

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

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	-> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
	> -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
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	> 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


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;
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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:
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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]
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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#

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Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
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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 ...
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   Image Name:	 Linux-2.6.17-dirty
   Image Type:	 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:	 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
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   Load Address: 00000000
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   Entry Point:	 00000000
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   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]


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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.

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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.

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Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW 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: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".

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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
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use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).  See
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
for help with kermit.

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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


NetBSD Notes:
=============

Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).

Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
missing.  This file has to be installed and patched manually:

	# cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
	# mkdir powerpc
	# ln -s powerpc machine
	# cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
	# ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h	## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST

Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
and U-Boot include files.

Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
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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.

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	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)
	...

	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
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	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
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	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.

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	with your processor/board/system design. The default value
	you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
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	walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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	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.

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* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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  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 beween 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
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	R3-R4:	parameter passing and return values
	R5-R10: parameter passing
	R13:	small data area pointer
	R30:	GOT pointer
	R31:	frame pointer

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	(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)
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    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).

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	http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface

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On ARM, the following registers are used:

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

    ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data

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On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
	http://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.

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On NDS32, the following registers are used:

	R0-R1:	argument/return
	R2-R5:	argument
	R15:	temporary register for assembler
	R16:	trampoline register
	R28:	frame pointer (FP)
	R29:	global pointer (GP)
	R30:	link register (LP)
	R31:	stack pointer (SP)
	PC:	program counter (PC)

    ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data

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NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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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
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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:
----------------------
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In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
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configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard 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 MPC8xx or MPC8260), 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.


U-Boot Porting Guide:
----------------------
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[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
list, October 2002]
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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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{
	sighandler_t no_more_time;
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	signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
	alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
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	if (available_money > available_manpower) {
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		Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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		return 0;
	}

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	Download latest U-Boot source;

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	Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
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	if (clueless)
		email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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	while (learning) {
		Read the README file in the top level directory;
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		Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
		Read applicable doc/*.README;
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		Read the source, Luke;
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		/* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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	}

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	if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
		Buy a BDI3000;
	else
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		Add a lot of aggravation and time;

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	if (a similar board exists) {	/* hopefully... */
		cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
		cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
	} else {
		Create your own board support subdirectory;
		Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
	}
	Edit new board/<myboard> files
	Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h

	while (!accepted) {
		while (!running) {
			do {
				Add / modify source code;
			} until (compiles);
			Debug;
			if (clueless)
				email("Hi, I am having problems...");
		}
		Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
		if (reasonable critiques)
			Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
		else
			Defend code as written;
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	}

	return 0;
}

void no_more_time (int sig)
{
      hire_a_guru();
}

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Coding Standards:
-----------------
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All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
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"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
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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.
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Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
- remove any trailing white space
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- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
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- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
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- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
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Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
with a request to reformat the changes.
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Submitting Patches:
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Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
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Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
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Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot

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When you send a patch, please include the following information with
it:
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* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
  this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
  patch actually fixes something.
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* For new features: a description of the feature and your
  implementation.
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* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
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* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
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* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
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* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
  document these in the README file.
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* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
  recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
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  "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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  the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
  with some other mail clients.

  If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
  diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
  GNU diff.
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  The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
  directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
  your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
  affected files).
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  We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
  and compressed attachments must not be used.
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* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
  files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
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* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
  submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
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Notes:
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* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
  source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
  for any of the boards.
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* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
  containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
  returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
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* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
  add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
  When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
  (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
  disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
  modification.
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* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
  u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
  reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
  bigger than the size limit should be avoided.