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wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001======================================================================
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002Changes since U-Boot 0.2.2:
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +00003======================================================================
4
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +00005* Patch by Stefan Roese, 4 Apr 2003:
6 - U-Boot version environment variable "ver" added
7 (CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
8 - Changed PPC405GPr version from A to B.
9 - Changed CPCI405 to use CTS instead of DSR on PPC405 UART1.
10
wdenk0db5bca2003-03-31 17:27:09 +000011* Patch by Martin Winistoerfer, 23 Mar 2003
12 - Add port to MPC555/556 microcontrollers
13 - Add support for cmi customer board with
14 Intel 28F128J3A, 28F320J3A or 28F640J3A flash.
15
16* Patch by Rick Bronson, 28 Mar 2003:
17 - fix common/cmd_nand.c
18
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000019* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 24 Mar 2003:
20 - add threads / scheduler example code
21
22* Add patches by Robert Schwebel, 31 Mar 2003:
23 - add ctrl-c support for kermit download
24 - align bdinfo output on ARM
25
stroese36c05a82003-04-04 16:55:30 +000026* Add CPU ID, version, and clock speed for INCA-IP
wdenk85ec0bc2003-03-31 16:34:49 +000027
wdenk506f0442003-03-28 14:40:36 +000028* Patches by Dave Ellis, 18 Mar 2003 for SXNI855T board:
29 - fix SRAM and SDRAM memory sizing
30 - add status LED support
31 - add MAC address for second (SCC1) ethernet port
32
33* Update default environment for TQM8260 board
34
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +000035* Patch by Rick Bronson, 16 Mar 2003:
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +000036 - Add NAND flash support for reading, writing, and erasing NAND
37 flash (certain forms of which are called SmartMedia).
38 - Add support for Atmel AT91RM9200DK ARM920T based development kit.
wdenkdc7c9a12003-03-26 06:55:25 +000039
40* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 19 Mar 2003:
41 - use arm-linux-gcc as default compiler for ARM
42 - fix i2c fixup code
43 - fix missing baudrate setting
44 - added $loadaddr / CFG_LOAD_ADDR support to loadb
45 - moved "ignoring trailing characters" _before_ u-boot wants to
46 print out diagnostics messages; removes bogus characters at the
47 end of transmission
48
49* Patch by John Zhan, 18 Mar 2003:
50 Add support for SinoVee Microsystems SC8xx boards
51
52* Patch by Rolf Offermanns, 21 Mar 2003:
53 ported the dnp1110 related changes from the current armboot cvs to
54 current u-boot cvs. smc91111 does not work. problem marked in
55 smc91111.c, grep for "FIXME".
56
57* Patch by Brian Auld, 25 Mar 2003:
58 Add support for STM flash chips on ebony board
59
wdenk4d75a502003-03-25 16:50:56 +000060* Add PCI support for MPC8250 Boards (PM825 module)
61
stroese44e5c5c2003-03-25 14:44:48 +000062* Patch by Stefan Roese, 25 Mar 2003:
63 - PCI405 update.
64
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +000065* Patch by Stefan Roese, 20 Mar 2003:
66 - CPCI4052 update (support for revision 3).
67 - Set edge conditioning circuitry on PPC405GPr for compatibility
68 to existing PPC405GP designs.
69 - Clip udiv to 5 bits on PPC405 (serial.c).
70
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +000071* Extend INCAIP board support:
72 - add automatic RAM size detection
73 - add "bdinfo" command
74 - pass flash address and size to Linux kernel
75 - switch to 150 MHz clock
76
wdenk06d01db2003-03-14 20:47:52 +000077* Avoid flicker on the TRAB's VFD by synchronizing the enable with
78 the HSYNC/VSYNC. Requires new CPLD code (Version 101 for Rev. 100
79 boards, version 153 for Rev. 200 boards).
80
81* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 12 Mar 2003:
82 Fix relocation problem of statically initialized string pointers
83 in common/cmd_pci.c
84
85* Patch by Kai-Uwe Blöm, 12 Mar 2003:
86 Cleanup & bug fixes for JFFS2 code:
87 - the memory mangement was broken. It caused havoc on malloc by
88 writing beyond the block boundaries.
89 - the length calculation for files was wrong, sometimes resulting
90 in short file reads.
91 - data copying now optionally takes fragment version numbers into
92 account, to avoid copying from older data.
93 See doc/README.JFFS2 for details.
94
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +000095* Patch by Josef Wagner, 12 Mar 2003:
96 - 16/32 MB and 50/80 MHz support with auto-detection for IP860
97 - ETH05 and BEDBUG support for CU824
98 - added support for MicroSys CPC45
99 - new BOOTROM/FLASH0 and DOC base for PM826
100
101* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 12 Mar 2003:
102 Fix the chpart command on innokom board
103
104* Name cleanup:
105 mv include/asm-i386/ppcboot-i386.h include/asm-i386/u-boot-i386.h
106 s/PPCBoot/U-Boot/ in some files
107 s/pImage/uImage/ in some files
108
109* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 15 Jan 2003:
110 Fix '' command line quoting
111
112* Patch by The LEOX team, 19 Jan 2003:
113 - add support for the ELPT860 board
114 - add support for Dallas ds164x RTC
115
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000116* Patches by David Müller, 31 Jan 2003:
117 - minimal setup for CardBus bridges
118 - add EEPROM read/write support in the CS8900 driver
119 - add support for the builtin I2C controller in the Samsung s3c24x0 chips
wdenk3bac3512003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000120 - add support for MPL's VCMA9 (Samsung s3c2410 based) board
wdenk1cb8e982003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000121
122* Patch by Steven Scholz, 04 Feb 2003:
123 add support for RTC DS1307
124
125* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 5 Feb 2003:
126 fix PLPRCR/SCCR init sequence on 8xx to allow for
127 changes of EBDF by software
128
129* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 07 Feb 2003:
130 "API-compatibility patch" for 4xx I2C driver
131
132* TRAB fixes / extensions:
133 - Restore VFD brightness as saved in environment
134 - add support for FGujitsu flashes
135 - make sure both buzzers are turned off (drive low level)
136
wdenk47cd00f2003-03-06 13:39:27 +0000137* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 06 Mar 2003:
138 - fix bug in BOOTP code (must use NetCopyIP)
139 - update of CSB226 port
140 - clear BSS segment on XScale
141 - added support for i2c_init_board() function
142 - update to the Innokom plattform
143
144* Extend support for redundand environments for configurations where
145 environment size < sector size
146
wdenkdb2f7212003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000147* Patch by Rune Torgersen, 13 Feb 2003:
148 Add support for Motorola MPC8266ADS board
149
150* Patch by Kyle Harris, 19 Feb 2003:
151 patches for the Intel lubbock board:
152 memsetup.S - general cleanup (based on Robert's csb226 code)
153 flash.c - overhaul, actually works now
154 lubbock.c - fix init funcs to return proper value
155
156* Patch by Kenneth Johansson, 26 Feb 2003:
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000157 - Fixed off by one in RFTA calculation.
wdenkdb2f7212003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000158 - No need to abort when LDF is lower than we can program it's only
stroese5d5d44e2003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000159 minimum timing so clamp it to what we can do.
wdenkdb2f7212003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000160 - Takes function pointer to function for reading the spd_nvram. Usefull
161 for faking data or hardcode a module without the nvram.
162 - fix other user for above change
163 - fix some comments.
164
165* Patches by Brian Waite, 26 Feb 2003:
166 - fix port for evb64260 board
167 - fix PCI for evb64260 board
168 - fix PCI scan
169
170* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 1 Mar 2003:
171 Add support for EMK TOP860 Module
172
173* Patch by Yuli Barcohen, 02 Mar 2003:
174 Add SPD EEPROM support for MPC8260ADS board
175
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000176* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 21 Jan 2003:
177 - Add support for Innokom board
178 - Don't complain if "install" fails
179 - README cleanup (remove duplicated lines)
180 - Update PXA header files
181
182* Add documentation for existing POST code (doc/README.POST)
183
184* Patch by Laudney Ren, 15 Jan 2003:
185 Fix handling of redundand environment in "tools/envcrc.c"
186
187* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 28 Feb 2003:
188 Add bedbug support for 824x systems
189
190* Add support for 16 MB flash configuration of TRAB board
191
192* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
193 Add support for RTEMS
194
195* Add image information to README
196
stroese2a9e02e2003-02-18 11:30:24 +0000197* Patch by Stefan Roese, 18 Feb 2003:
198 CPCIISER4 configuration updated.
199
stroesed7787c62003-02-17 16:06:06 +0000200* Patch by Stefan Roese, 17 Feb 2003:
201 Fixed bug in ext. serial clock setup on PPC405 (since PPC440 port).
202
stroesead10dd92003-02-14 11:21:23 +0000203* Patch by Stefan Roese, 13 Feb 2003:
204 Add "pcidelay" environment variable (in ms, enabled via
205 CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY).
206 PCI spec 2.2 defines, that a pci target has 2^25 pci clocks after
207 RST# to respond to configuration cycles (33MHz -> 1s).
208
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000209* Fix dual PCMCIA slot support (when running with just one
210 slot populated)
211
212* Add VFD type detection to trab board
213
214* extend drivers/cs8900.c driver to synchronize ethaddr environment
215 variable with value in the EEPROM
216
stroeseee1b3b52003-02-10 16:39:00 +0000217* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Feb 2003:
218 Add support for 4MB and 128MB onboard SDRAM (cpu/ppc4xx/sdram.c)
219
wdenkc0218802003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000220* Add support for MIPS32 4Kc CPUs
221
222* Add support for INCA-IP Board
223
wdenk43d96162003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000224======================================================================
225Changes for U-Boot 0.2.2:
226======================================================================
227
wdenkaacf9a42003-01-17 16:27:01 +0000228* Add dual ethernet support on PM826
229
230* Add support for LXT971 PHY on PM826
231
232* Patch by Tord Andersson, 16 Jan 2003:
233 Fix flash sector count for TQM8xxL
234
235* Fix I2C EEPROM problem on ICU862 board (would only write the first
236 16 bytes out of each 32 byte block)
237
238======================================================================
239Changes for U-Boot 0.2.1:
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000240======================================================================
241
wdenk608c9142003-01-13 23:54:46 +0000242* Add support for V37 board
243 (patch by Jón Benediktsson, 11 Dec 2002)
244
wdenkd0fb80c2003-01-11 09:48:40 +0000245* Update baudrate in bd_info when it gets changed
246
247* Add watchdog trigger points while waiting for serial port
248 (so far only 8xx -- needed on LWMON with 100ms watchdog)
249
250* Improve command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
251 (figuration of the utility, using a config file)
252
wdenka25f8622003-01-02 23:57:29 +0000253* Add single quote support for (old) command line parser
254
wdenk288b3d72002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000255* Switch LWMON board default config from FRAM to EEPROM;
256 in POST, EEPROM shows up on 8 addresses
257
258======================================================================
wdenk2f91a3d2002-12-17 18:07:30 +0000259Changes for U-Boot 0.2.0:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000260======================================================================
261
wdenk6aff3112002-12-17 01:51:00 +0000262* Use 1-byte-read instead of -write for iprobe() function
263 Add i2c commands to PM826 config
264
265* extend I2C POST code: check for list on known addresses
266
wdenk228f29a2002-12-08 09:53:23 +0000267* Improve log buffer code; use "loglevel" to decide which messages
268 to log on the console, too (like in Linux); get rid of "logstart"
269
270* Add command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
271 (board-specific for TRAB now, to be fixed later)
272
wdenk7c7a23b2002-12-07 00:20:59 +0000273* Patch by Hans-Joerg Frieden, 06 Dec 2002
274 Fix misc problems with AmigaOne support
275
276* Patch by Chris Hallinan, 3 Dec 2002:
277 minor cleanup to the MPC8245 EPIC driver
278
279* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
280 Add support for external (SIU) interrupts on MPC8xx
281
282* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
283 Fix nested syscalls bug in standalone applications
284
285* Patch by David Müller, 27 Nov 2002:
286 fix output of "pciinfo" command for CardBus bridge devices.
287
288* Fix bug in TQM8260 board detection - boards got stuck when board ID
289 was not readable
290
wdenk1f53a412002-12-04 23:39:58 +0000291* Add LED indication for IDE activity on KUP4K board
292
wdenka6c7ad22002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000293* Fix startup problems with VFD display on TRAB
294
295* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 20 Nov 2002
296 Add driver for Epson SED13806 graphic controller.
297 Add support for BMP logos in cfb_console driver.
298
wdenkea909b72002-11-21 23:11:29 +0000299* Added support for both PCMCIA slots (at the same time!) on MPC8xx
300
301* Patch by Rod Boyce, 21 Nov 2002:
302 fix PCMCIA on MBX8xx board
303
304* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 21 Nov 2002
305 Add CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR to make the offset of the
306 bootmode word in DPRAM configurable
307
wdenkb2184c32002-11-19 23:01:07 +0000308* Patch by Daniel Engström, 18 Nov 2002:
309 Fixes for x86 port (mostly strings issues)
310
311* Patch by Ken Chou, 18 Nov 2002:
312 Fix for natsemi NIC cards (DP83815)
313
314* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 19 Nov 2002:
315 fix a bug for the MII configuration, and some warnings
316
wdenkc7de8292002-11-19 11:04:11 +0000317* Patch by Thomas Frieden, 13 Nov 2002:
318 Add code for AmigaOne board
319 (preliminary merge to U-Boot, still WIP)
320
321* Patch by Jon Diekema, 12 Nov 2002:
322 - Adding URL for IEEE OUI lookup
323 - Making the autoboot #defines dependent on CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
324 being defined.
325 - In the CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS #define, the root-on-initrd and
326 root-on-nfs macros are designed to switch how the default boot
327 method gets defined.
328
wdenk2262cfe2002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000329* Patch by Daniel Engström, 13 Nov 2002:
330 Add support for i386 architecture and AMD SC520 board
331
332* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 12 Nov 2002:
333 Add support for DOS filesystem and booting from DOS floppy disk
334
wdenk1d0350e2002-11-11 21:14:20 +0000335* Patch by Jim Sandoz, 07 Nov 2002:
336 Increase number of network RX buffers (PKTBUFSRX in
337 "include/net.h") for EEPRO100 based boards (especially SP8240)
338 which showed "Receiver is not ready" errors when U-Boot was
339 processing the receive buffers slower than the network controller
340 was filling them.
341
wdenkeb9401e2002-11-11 02:11:37 +0000342* Patch by Andreas Oberritter, 09 Nov 2002:
343 Change behaviour of NetLoop(): return -1 for errors, filesize
344 otherwise; return code 0 is valid an means no file loaded - in this
345 case the environment still gets updated!
346
347* Patches by Jon Diekema, 9 Nov 2002:
348 - improve ADC/DAC clocking on the SACSng board to align
349 the failing edges of LRCLK and SCLK
350 - sbc8260 configuration tweaks
351 - add status LED support for 82xx systems
352 - wire sspi/sspo commands into command handler; improved error
353 handlering
354 - add timestamp support and alternate memory test to the
355 SACSng configuration
356
357* Patch by Vince Husovsky, 7 Nov 2002:
wdenk7f6c2cb2002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000358 Add "-n" to linker options to get rid of "Not enough room for
359 program headers" problem
360
361* Patch by David Müller, 05 Nov 2002
362 Rename CONFIG_PLL_INPUT_FREQ to CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
363 so we can use an already existing name
364
365* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
366 Hardware relatied improvments in FDC boot code
367
368* Patch by Holger Schurig, 5 Nov 2002:
369 Make the PXA really change it's frequency
370
371* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
372 Add support for slave serial Spartan 2 FPGAs
373
374* Fix uninitialized memory (MAC address) in 8xx SCC/FEC ethernet
375 drivers
376
wdenk56f94be2002-11-05 16:35:14 +0000377* Add support for log buffer which can be passed to Linux kernel's
378 syslog mechanism; used especially for POST results.
379
380* Patch by Klaus Heydeck, 31 Oct 2002:
381 Add initial support for kup4k board
382
wdenk384ae022002-11-05 00:17:55 +0000383* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 04 Nov 2002:
384 - use watchdog to reset PXA250 systems
385 - added progress callbacks to (some of the) ARM code
386 - update for Cogent CSB226 board
387
388* Add support for FPS860 board
389
wdenke95b61c2002-11-04 16:02:40 +0000390* Patch by Guillaume Alexandre,, 04 Nov 2002:
391 Improve PCI access on 32-bits Compact PCI bus
392
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000393* Fix mdelay() on TRAB - this was still the debugging version with
394 seconds instead of ms.
395
396* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 1 Nov 2002:
397 XScale related cleanup (affects all ARM boards)
398
399* Cleanup of names and README.
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000400
401======================================================================
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000402Notes for U-Boot 0.1.0:
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000403======================================================================
404
405This is the initial version of "Das U-Boot", the Universal Boot Loader.
406
407It is based on version 2.0.0 (the "Halloween Release") of PPCBoot.
408For information about the history of the project please see the
409PPCBoot project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot
410
411======================================================================