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# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2009
# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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Summary:
========
This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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.
The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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:
=======
In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
maintainers.
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
<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
Where to get source code:
=========================
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
any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
directory.
Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
Where we come from:
===================
- start from 8xxrom sources
- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
- 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
* PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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
Versioning:
===========
U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
- api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
- board Board dependent files
- common Misc architecture independent functions
- 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
- arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
- arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
- at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
- imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
- s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
- arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
- arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
- arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
- at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
- blackfin Files specific to Analog Devices Blackfin CPUs
- i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
- ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
- leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
- leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
- 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
- mips Files specific to MIPS 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
- nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
- nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
- ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
- pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
- s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
- sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
- fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
- lib_blackfin Files generic to Blackfin architecture
- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
- lib_microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
- lib_nios2 Files generic to NIOS2 architecture
- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
- lib_sh Files generic to SH architecture
- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
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