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-#
-# The commands in this table are sorted alphabetically by the
-# command name and in descending order by the command name string
-# length. This is to prevent conflicts in command name parsing.
-# Please ensure that new commands are added according to that rule.
-# See $(TOPDIR)/common/command.c
-#
-########################
-#
-# command length
-#
-########################
-askenv 8
-as 2
-autoscr 5
-base 2
-bdinfo 2
-bmp 3
-bootelf 7
-bootm 5
-bootp 5
-bootvx 6
-bootd 4
-break 2
-brginfo 3
-carinfo 3
-chpart 6
-cmp 3
-coninfo 5
-continue 4
-cp 2
-crc32 3
-date 3
-dcache 2
-dhcp 4
-dmainfo 3
-ds 2
-dtt 3
-echo 4
-eeprom 3
-erase 3
-fccinfo 3
-fdcboot 4
-flinfo 3
-fpga 4
-fsinfo 5
-fsload 5
-getdcr 6 # IBM 4XX DCR registers
-go 2
-help 1
-i2cinfo 4
-i2c 3
-icache 2
-icinfo 3
-ide 3
-iminfo 3
-iopinfo 3
-irqinfo 3
-kgdb 4
-loadb 5
-loads 5
-loop 4
-ls 2
-mccinfo 3
-md 2
-memcinfo 4
-mii 3
-mm 2
-mtest 5
-muxinfo 3
-mw 2
-nand 3
-nboot 4
-next 4
-nm 2
-pciinfo 3
-pinit 4
-printenv 8
-protect 4
-rarpboot 4
-rdump 5
-reginfo 3
-reset 5
-run 3
-saveenv 4
-sccinfo 3
-scsiboot 5
-scsi 4
-siiinfo 3
-sitinfo 3
-siuinfo 3
-setdcr 6 # IBM 4XX DCR registers
-setenv 6
-smcinfo 3
-spiinfo 3
-sspi 4
-stack 5
-step 4
-tftpboot 4
-usbboot 5
-usb 4
-version 4
-? 1
+
+Commands are added to U-Boot by creating a new command structure.
+This is done by first including command.h
+
+Then using the U_BOOT_CMD() macro to fill in a cmd_tbl_t struct.
+
+U_BOOT_CMD(name,maxargs,repeatable,command,"usage","help")
+
+name: is the name of the commad. THIS IS NOT a string.
+maxargs: the maximumn numbers of arguments this function takes
+command: Function pointer (*cmd)(struct cmd_tbl_s *, int, int, char *[]);
+usage: Short description. This is a string
+help: long description. This is a string
+
+
+**** Behinde the scene ******
+
+The structure created is named with a special prefix (__u_boot_cmd_)
+and placed by the linker in a special section.
+
+This makes it possible for the final link to extract all commands
+compiled into any object code and construct a static array so the
+command can be found in an array starting at __u_boot_cmd_start.
+
+If a new board is defined do not forget to define the command section
+by writing in u-boot.lds ($(TOPDIR)/board/boardname/u-boot.lds) these
+3 lines:
+
+ __u_boot_cmd_start = .;
+ .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
+ __u_boot_cmd_end = .;