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.
-
-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.
-
-Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
-
-List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
-
- baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
-
- bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
-
- bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
-
- bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
-
- bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
-
- 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
- kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
- bootm_mapsize.
-
- bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- bootstopkeysha256, bootdelaykey, bootstopkey - See README.autoboot
-
- 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.
-
- 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
-
- autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
- "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
- be automatically started (by internally calling
- "bootm")
-
- 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.
-
- fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
- flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
- device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
- defined.
-
- 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.
-
- 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
- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
- 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).
-
- 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
-
- setenv initrd_high 00c00000
-
- 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.
-
- ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
-
- loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
- "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
-
- loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
-
- serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
-
- bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
-
- bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
-
- bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
-
- ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
-
- ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
- For example you can do the following
-
- => setenv ethact FEC
- => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
- => setenv ethact SCC
- => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
-
- ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
- available network interfaces.
- It just stays at the currently selected interface.
-
- netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
- 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.
-
- npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
-
- silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
- changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
- made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
- unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
- is silent.
-
- tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
- UDP source port.
-
- tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
- destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
-
- 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.
-
- tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
- unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
- can happen during a single file transfer before that
- transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
- 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
- downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
- unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
-
- tftpwindowsize - if this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
- window size as described by RFC 7440.
- This means the count of blocks we can receive before
- sending ack to server.
-
- vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
- Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
- VLAN tagged frames.
-
- bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
- Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
- be either the default (28000), or a value based on
- CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
- precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
-
- memmatches - Number of matches found by the last 'ms' command, in hex
-
- memaddr - Address of the last match found by the 'ms' command, in hex,
- or 0 if none
-
- mempos - Index position of the last match found by the 'ms' command,
- in units of the size (.b, .w, .l) of the search
-
- zbootbase - (x86 only) Base address of the bzImage 'setup' block
-
- zbootaddr - (x86 only) Address of the loaded bzImage, typically
- BZIMAGE_LOAD_ADDR which is 0x100000
-
-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 currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
-boards use these variables for other purposes.
-
-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
-
-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:
-
- 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
-
-
-There are two special Environment Variables:
-
- serial# - contains hardware identification information such
- as type string and/or serial number
- ethaddr - Ethernet address
-
-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.
-
-
-Further special Environment Variables:
-
- ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
- with the "version" command. This variable is
- readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
-
-
-Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
-only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
-
-
-Callback functions for environment variables:
----------------------------------------------
-
-For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
-when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
-be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
-deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
-effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
-
-The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
-U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
-
-These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
-static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
-in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
-associations. The list must be in the following format:
-
- entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
- list = entry[,list]
-
-If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
-Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
-
-Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
-with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
-override any association in the static list. You can define
-CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
-".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
-
-If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
-regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
-the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
-
-The signature of the callback functions is:
-
- int callback(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op, int flags)
-
-* name - changed environment variable
-* value - new value of the environment variable
-* op - operation (create, overwrite, or delete)
-* flags - attributes of the environment variable change, see flags H_* in
- include/search.h
-
-The return value is 0 if the variable change is accepted and 1 otherwise.
-
-
Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
=======================================
--- /dev/null
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Environment Variables
+=====================
+
+U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
+can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
+
+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.
+
+Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
+
+List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
+
+baudrate
+ see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
+
+bootdelay
+ see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
+
+bootcmd
+ see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
+
+bootargs
+ Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
+
+bootfile
+ Name of the image to load with TFTP
+
+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
+ kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
+ bootm_mapsize.
+
+bootm_mapsize
+ Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
+ 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.
+
+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.
+
+bootstopkeysha256, bootdelaykey, bootstopkey
+ See README.autoboot
+
+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.
+
+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
+
+autostart
+ if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
+ "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
+ be automatically started (by internally calling
+ "bootm")
+
+ 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.
+
+fdt_high
+ if set this restricts the maximum address that the
+ flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+fdtcontroladdr
+ if set this is the address of the control flattened
+ device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
+ defined.
+
+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
+ CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
+ 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).
+
+ 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::
+
+ setenv initrd_high 00c00000
+
+ 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.
+
+ipaddr
+ IP address; needed for tftpboot command
+
+loadaddr
+ Default load address for commands like "bootp",
+ "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
+
+loads_echo
+ see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
+
+serverip
+ TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
+
+bootretry
+ see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
+
+bootdelaykey
+ see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
+
+bootstopkey
+ see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
+
+ethprime
+ controls which interface is used first.
+
+ethact
+ controls which interface is currently active.
+ For example you can do the following::
+
+ => setenv ethact FEC
+ => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
+ => setenv ethact SCC
+ => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
+
+ethrotate
+ When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
+ available network interfaces.
+ It just stays at the currently selected interface.
+
+netretry
+ When set to "no" each network operation will
+ 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.
+
+npe_ucode
+ set load address for the NPE microcode
+
+silent_linux
+ If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
+ changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
+ made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
+ unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
+ is silent.
+
+tftpsrcp
+ If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
+ UDP source port.
+
+tftpdstp
+ If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
+ destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
+
+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.
+
+tftptimeoutcountmax
+ maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
+ unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
+ can happen during a single file transfer before that
+ transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
+ 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
+ downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
+ unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
+
+tftpwindowsize
+ if this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
+ window size as described by RFC 7440.
+ This means the count of blocks we can receive before
+ sending ack to server.
+
+vlan
+ When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
+ Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
+ VLAN tagged frames.
+
+bootpretryperiod
+ Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
+ Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
+ be either the default (28000), or a value based on
+ CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
+ precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
+
+memmatches
+ Number of matches found by the last 'ms' command, in hex
+
+memaddr
+ Address of the last match found by the 'ms' command, in hex,
+ or 0 if none
+
+mempos
+ Index position of the last match found by the 'ms' command,
+ in units of the size (.b, .w, .l) of the search
+
+zbootbase
+ (x86 only) Base address of the bzImage 'setup' block
+
+zbootaddr
+ (x86 only) Address of the loaded bzImage, typically
+ BZIMAGE_LOAD_ADDR which is 0x100000
+
+
+Image locations
+---------------
+
+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 currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
+boards use these variables for other purposes.
+
+================= ============== ================ ==============
+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
+================= ============== ================ ==============
+
+
+Automatically updated variables
+-------------------------------
+
+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:
+
+========= ===================================================
+Variable Notes
+========= ===================================================
+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
+========= ===================================================
+
+
+Special environment variables
+-----------------------------
+
+There are two special Environment Variables:
+
+serial#
+ contains hardware identification information such as type string and/or
+ serial number
+ethaddr
+ Ethernet address
+
+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.
+
+Also:
+
+ver
+ Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
+ with the "version" command. This variable is
+ readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
+
+Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
+only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
+
+
+Callback functions for environment variables
+--------------------------------------------
+
+For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
+when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
+be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
+deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
+effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
+
+The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
+U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
+
+These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
+static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
+in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
+associations. The list must be in the following format::
+
+ entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
+ list = entry[,list]
+
+If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
+Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
+
+Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
+with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
+override any association in the static list. You can define
+CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
+".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
+
+If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
+regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
+the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
+
+The signature of the callback functions is::
+
+ int callback(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op, int flags)
+
+* name - changed environment variable
+* value - new value of the environment variable
+* op - operation (create, overwrite, or delete)
+* flags - attributes of the environment variable change, see flags H_* in
+ include/search.h
+
+The return value is 0 if the variable change is accepted and 1 otherwise.
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