SBE HighWire HW400c/2 User Manual

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HighWire HW400c/2 User Reference Guide Rev 1.0 
 
5.5.1 U-boot, Universal Bootloader 
 
The HW400c/2 uses a boot ROM based on Das U-boot. U-boot (Universal 
Bootloader) is an off-the-shelf freeware package found on Sourceforge.net. Ma
commands and environment variables are available in U-boot to facilitate the 
ny 
loading 
f the Linux kernel from various locations.  
 
5.5.1.1 U-boot commands 
 
 
There are four basic U-boot commands that are used to configure the environment 
ariables for the boot environment. All commands are available at the debug> 
B .  
 
 
 
help
 
List all commands and environment variables  
 
printenv
 
Print a list of all valid environment variables that are currently in use. 
This command can be shortened to print.  
 
printenv
at are not set (unused
incorrect value, will not be displayed. 
  
 
 
setenv <variable_name> <value> 
 
Set an environment variable_name to value. Can be shortened to 
set
aveenv
 
Save environment variable(s) to non-volatile memory. Can be 
shortened to save. 
 
o
 
 
v
prompt. A complete list of U-boot environment variables can be found in Appendix 
 
 
In the 
 command, Parameters th
), have no value assigned, or an 
 
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