从uboot第一阶段我们可以知道,最后执行的函数是armboot_start.
下图所示是uboot执行的过程.
void start_armboot (void)
{
init_fnc_t **init_fnc_ptr;
char *s;
#ifndef CFG_NO_FLASH
ulong size;
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_VFD) || defined(CONFIG_LCD)
unsigned long addr;
#endif
/* Pointer is writable since we allocated a register for it */
gd = (gd_t*)(_armboot_start - CFG_MALLOC_LEN - sizeof(gd_t));
/* compiler optimization barrier needed for GCC >= 3.4 */
__asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory");
memset ((void*)gd, 0, sizeof (gd_t));
gd->bd = (bd_t*)((char*)gd - sizeof(bd_t));
memset (gd->bd, 0, sizeof (bd_t));
monitor_flash_len = _bss_start - _armboot_start;
for (init_fnc_ptr = init_sequence; *init_fnc_ptr; ++init_fnc_ptr) {
if ((*init_fnc_ptr)() != 0) {
hang ();
}
}
#ifndef CFG_NO_FLASH
/* configure available FLASH banks */
//初始化flash
size = flash_init ();
display_flash_config (size);
#endif /* CFG_NO_FLASH */
#ifdef CONFIG_VFD
# ifndef PAGE_SIZE
# define PAGE_SIZE 4096
# endif
/*
* reserve memory for VFD display (always full pages)
*/
/* bss_end is defined in the board-specific linker script */
addr = (_bss_end + (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
size = vfd_setmem (addr);
gd->fb_base = addr;
#endif /* CONFIG_VFD */
#ifdef CONFIG_LCD
# ifndef PAGE_SIZE
# define PAGE_SIZE 4096
# endif
/*
* reserve memory for LCD display (always full pages)
*/
/* bss_end is defined in the board-specific linker script */
addr = (_bss_end + (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
size = lcd_setmem (addr);
gd->fb_base = addr;
#endif /* CONFIG_LCD */
/* armboot_start is defined in the board-specific linker script */
mem_malloc_init (_armboot_start - CFG_MALLOC_LEN);
//初始化nand flash
#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_NAND)
puts ("NAND: ");
nand_init(); /* go init the NAND */
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
AT91F_DataflashInit();
dataflash_print_info();
#endif
/* initialize environment */
//初始化环境变量
env_relocate ();
#ifdef CONFIG_VFD
/* must do this after the framebuffer is allocated */
drv_vfd_init();
#endif /* CONFIG_VFD */
/* IP Address */
//设置环境变量
gd->bd->bi_ip_addr = getenv_IPaddr ("ipaddr");
/* MAC Address */
{
int i;
ulong reg;
char *s, *e;
char tmp[64];
i = getenv_r ("ethaddr", tmp, sizeof (tmp));
s = (i > 0) ? tmp : NULL;
for (reg = 0; reg < 6; ++reg) {
gd->bd->bi_enetaddr[reg] = s ? simple_strtoul (s, &e, 16) : 0;
if (s)
s = (*e) ? e + 1 : e;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_ETH1
i = getenv_r ("eth1addr", tmp, sizeof (tmp));
s = (i > 0) ? tmp : NULL;
for (reg = 0; reg < 6; ++reg) {
gd->bd->bi_enet1addr[reg] = s ? simple_strtoul (s, &e, 16) : 0;
if (s)
s = (*e) ? e + 1 : e;
}
#endif
}
devices_init (); /* get the devices list going. */
#ifdef CONFIG_CMC_PU2
load_sernum_ethaddr ();
#endif /* CONFIG_CMC_PU2 */
jumptable_init ();
console_init_r (); /* fully init console as a device */
#if defined(CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R)
/* miscellaneous platform dependent initialisations */
misc_init_r ();
#endif
/* enable exceptions */
enable_interrupts ();
/* Perform network card initialisation if necessary */
#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_CS8900
cs8900_get_enetaddr (gd->bd->bi_enetaddr);
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111) || defined (CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96)
if (getenv ("ethaddr")) {
smc_set_mac_addr(gd->bd->bi_enetaddr);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 || CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 */
/* Initialize from environment */
if ((s = getenv ("loadaddr")) != NULL) {
load_addr = simple_strtoul (s, NULL, 16);
}
#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_NET)
if ((s = getenv ("bootfile")) != NULL) {
copy_filename (BootFile, s, sizeof (BootFile));
}
#endif /* CFG_CMD_NET */
#ifdef BOARD_LATE_INIT
board_late_init ();
#endif
#if (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_NET)
#if defined(CONFIG_NET_MULTI)
puts ("Net: ");
#endif
eth_initialize(gd->bd);
#endif
/* main_loop() can return to retry autoboot, if so just run it again. */
for (;;) {
main_loop ();
}
/* NOTREACHED - no way out of command loop except booting */
}
在经过一系列的硬件初始化后,uboot最后在main_loop()中循环执行.
而main_loop这个函数的核心功能就是:识别和运行指令.
在开机时,我们通过串口可以进入到uboot的命令行中去,在这里我们可以输入各种命令,也可以加载和启动linux内核.实际上uboot有个delay超时命令,当我们开机不操作时,自动加载linux内核.