sticks (including FAT / VFAT filesystem support)

* Add SL811 Host Controller Interface driver for USB

* Add CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW desription to README

* Patch by Pantelis Antoniou, 19 Apr 2004:
  Allow to use shell style syntax (i. e. ${var} ) with standard parser.
  Minor patches for Intracom boards.

* Patch by Christian Pell, 19 Apr 2004:
  cleanup support for CF/IDE on PCMCIA for PXA25X

  "miivals.h" is missing

* Patches by Mark Jonas, 13 Apr 2004:
  - Remove CS0 chip select timing setting from cpu/mpc5xxx/start.S
  - Add sync instructions to IceCube SDRAM init code
  - Move SDRAM chip constants into seperate include files
  - Unify DDR and SDR initialization code
  - Unify all IceCube (Lite5xxx) target names

  fix initdram function for utx8245 board

* Patch by Markus Pietrek, 14 Apr 2004:
  use ATAG_INITRD2 instead of deprecated ATAG_INITRD tag

* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 18 Apr 2004:
  provide the IDE Reset Function for EMK 5200 boards

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 12 Apr 2004:
  fix pci_hose_write_config_{byte,word}_via_dword problems

  Update max RAM size for debris board

* Patch by Travis Sawyer, 08 Apr 2004:
  Add TLB entry for second DIMM slot on ocotea

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 08 Apr 2004:
  add RTL8169 network driver

  - add support for microblaze processors
  - add support for AtmarkTechno "suzaku" board

  - add support for the Epson 156x series of graphical displays
    (These displays are serial and not suitable for using a normal
    framebuffer console on them)
  - add infrastructure needed in order to POST any DSPs in a board

  Add Reiserfs support

* Patch by Hinko Kocevar, 20 Mar 2004
  - Add auto-release for SMSC LAN91c111 driver
  - Add save/restore of PTR and PNR regs as suggested in datasheet

  - Unify video mode handling for Chips & Technologies 69000 Video
    chip and Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip
  - Add selection of the video output (CRT or LCD) via 'videoout'
    environment variable for the Silicon Motion
  - README update

* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 18 Mar 2004:
  include/common.h typo fix

* Patches by Tolunay Orkun, 17 Mar 2004:
  - Add support for bd->bi_iic_fast[] initialization via environment
    variable "i2cfast" (CONFIG_I2CFAST)
  - Add "i2cfast" u-boot environment variable support for csb272

  - show PCI clock frequency on MPC8260 systems
  - add FCC_PSMR_RMII flag for HiP7 processors
  - in do_jffs2_fsload(), take load address from load_addr if not set
    explicit, update load_addr otherwise
  - replaced printf by putc/puts when no formatting is needed
    (smaller code size, faster execution)

  attempting to switch on USB on SX1 board.

* Patch by Josef Wagner, 18 Mar 2004:
  - Add support for MicroSys XM250 board (PXA255)
  - Add support for MicroSys PM828 board (MPC8280)
  - Add support for 32 MB Flash on PM825/826
  - new SDRAM refresh rate for PM825/PM826
  - added support for MicroSys PM520 (MPC5200)
  - replaced Query by Identify command in CPU86/flash.c
    to support 28F160F3B

* Fix wrap around problem with udelay() on ARM920T

* Add support for Macronix flash on TRAB board

  - Fix Gigabit Ethernet support for 440GX
  - Add Gigabit Ethernet Support to MII PHY utilities

* Patch by Brad Kemp, 12 Mar 2004:
  Fixes for drivers/cfi_flash.c:
  - Better support for x8/x16 implementations
  - Added failure for AMD chips attempting to use CFG_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
  - Added defines for AMD command and address constants

* Patch by Leon Kukovec, 12 Mar 2004:
  Fix get_dentfromdir() to correctly handle deleted dentries

* Patch by George G. Davis, 11 Mar 2004:
  Remove hard coded network settings in TI OMAP1610 H2
  default board config

* Patch by George G. Davis, 11 Mar 2004:
  add support for ADS GraphicsClient+ board.

  - add bitmap command and splash screen support in cfb console
  - add [optional] origin in the bitmap display command

* Patch by Travis Sawyer, 11 Mar 2004:
  Fix ocotea board early init interrupt setup.

* Patch by Thomas Viehweger, 11 Mar 2004:
  Remove redundand code; add  PCI-specific bits to include/mpc8260.h

  - Add support for the SSV ADNP/ESC1 (Nios Softcore)

* Patch by George G. Davis, 9 Mar 2004:
  fix recent build failure for SA1100 target

* Patch by Travis Sawyer, 09 Mar 2004:
  Support native interrupt mode for the IBM440GX.
  Previously it was running in 440GP compatibility mode.

  Added ARM Integrator AP, CP and Versatile PB926EJ-S Reference
  Platform support.

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 08 Mar 2004:
  Don't overwrite server IP address or boot file name
  when the boot server does not return values

* Patch by listmember@orkun.us, 5 Mar 2004:
  Removed compile time restriction on CFG_I2C_SPEED for DS1338 RTC

  Fix early board initialization for Cogent CSB272 board

* Patch by Ed Okerson, 3 Mar 2004:
  fix CFI flash writes for little endian systems

* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 01 Mar 2004:
  generalize USB and IDE support for MPC5200 with according
  changes to IceCube.h and TOP5200.h
  add Am29LV256 256 MBit FLASH support for TOP5200 boards
  add info about USB and IDE to README

use redundand environment storage;
auto-set console on USB port (using preboot command)

add support for USB-based console
(enable with "setenv stdout usbtty; setenv stdin usbtty")

* Handle Auti-MDIX / connection status for INCA-IP

* Fix USB problems when attempting to read 0 bytes

  NS9750 DevBoard added

* Patch by Pierre AUBERT, 24 Feb 2004
  add USB support for MPC5200

* Patch by Steven Scholz, 24 Feb 2004:
  - fix MII commands to use values from last command

* Patch by Torsten Demke, 24 Feb 2004:
  Add support for the eXalion platform (SPSW-8240, F-30, F-300)

  Fixes for for OMAP1610 board:
  - shift some IRQ specific code to platform.S file
  - remove duplicatewatchdog reset code from start.S

* Make Auto-MDIX Support configurable on INCA-IP board

* Fix license for mkimage tool

  Add support for the Xilinx ML300 platform

* Patch by Stephan Linz, 17 Feb 2004:
  Fix watchdog support for NIOS

* Patch by Josh Fryman, 16 Feb 2004:
  Fix byte-swapping for cfi_flash.c for different bus widths

* Patch by Jon Diekema, 14 Jeb 2004:
  Remove duplicate "FPGA Support" notes from the README file

  Fix buffer overflow in common/usb.c

* Patch by Tolunay Orkun, 10 Feb 2004:
  Add support for Cogent CSB272 board

* Code cleanup

  Add support for NET+50 CPU and ModNET50 board

* Patch by Sam Song, 10 Feb 2004:
  Fix typos in cfi_flash.c

* Patch by Leon Kukovec, 10 Feb 2004
  Fixed long dir entry slot id calculation in get_vfatname

* Patch by Robin Gilks, 10 Feb 2004:
  add "itest" command (operators: -eq, -ne, -lt, -gt, -le, -ge, ==,
  !=, <>, <, >, <=, >=)

  o 440GX:
    - Fix PCI Indirect access for type 1 config cycles with ppc440.
    - Add phymode for 440 enet
    - fix pci pre init
  o XPedite1K:
    - Change board_pre_init to board_early_init_f
    - Add user flash to bus controller setup
    - Fix pci pre init
    - Fix is_pci_host to check GPIO for monarch bit
    - Force xpedite1k to pci conventional mode (via #define option)

* Patch by Brad Kemp, 4 Feb 2004:
  - handle the machine check that is generated during the PCI scans
    on 82xx processors.
  - define the registers used in the IMMR by the PCI subsystem.

* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 03 Feb 2004:
  cpu/mpc5xxx/start.S: copy MBAR into SPR311

* Patch by Jeff Angielski, 03 Feb 2004:
  Fix copy & paste error in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c

* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 24 Jan 2004:
  Fix typo in cpu/mpc5xxx/pci_mpc5200.c

* Patch by Josef Baumgartner, 10 Feb 2004:
  Fixes for Coldfire port

* Patch by Brad Kemp, 11 Feb 2004:
  Fix CFI flash driver problems

  - Changed the incorrect FAT12BUFSIZE
  - data_begin in fsdata can be negative. Changed it to be short.
* Code cleanup

  Allow bzip2 compression for small memory footprint boards

* Patch by Brad Kemp, 21 Jan 2004:
  Add support for CFI flash driver for both the Intel and the AMD
  command sets.

* Patch by Travis Sawyer, 20 Jan 2004:
  Fix pci bridge auto enumeration of sibling p2p bridges.

* Patch by Tolunay Orkun, 12 Jan 2004:
  Add some delays as needed for Intel LXT971A PHY support

* Patches by Stephan Linz, 09 Jan 2004:
  - avoid warning: unused variable `piop' in board/altera/common/sevenseg.c
  - make DK1C20 board configuration related to ASMI conform to
    documentation

  pointing to a location in flash

* Fix INCA-IP clock calculation: 400/3 = 133.3 MHz, not 130.

  before we can access it; add delay in case we are faster (with no
  CF card inserted)

* Cleanup of some init functions

* Make sure SCC Ethernet is always stopped by the time we boot Linux
  to avoid Linux crashes by early packets coming in.

* Accelerate flash accesses on LWMON board by using buffered writes

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* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 09 Jan 2004:
  - add RTC support for MPC5200 based boards (requires RTC_XTAL)

* Add support for IDE LED on BMS2003 board
  (exclusive with status LED!)

* Add support for PS/2 keyboard (used with PS/2 multiplexor on
  BMS2003 board)

* Patches by Reinhard Meyer, 4 Jan 2004 + 7 Jan 2004:
  Add common files for "emk" boards

- more documentation for NIOS port
- new struct nios_pio_t, struct nios_spi_t
- Reconfiguration for NIOS Development Kit DK1C20:
  o move board related code from board/dk1c20
    to board/altera/dk1c20
  o create a new common source path board/altera/common
    and move generic flash access stuff into it
  o change/expand configuration file DK1C20.h
- Add support for NIOS Development Kit DK1S10
- Add status LED support for NIOS systems
- Add dual 7-segment LED support for Altera NIOS DevKits

  Add support for the Marvell DB64360 / DB64460 development boards

* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 10 Dec 2003:
  fix dependency problem in examples/Makefile

  - add support for the PATI board (MPC555)
  - add SPI support for the MPC5xx

* Patch by Anders Larsen, 08 Dec 2003:
  add configuration options CONFIG_SERIAL_TAG and CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
  to pass ATAG_SERIAL and ATAG_REVISION, resp., to the ARM target;
  cleanup some redundand #defines

  fixes for Davicom DM9102A Ethernet Chip (#define CONFIG_TULIP_FIX_DAVICOM):
  - TX and RX deskriptors must be quad-word aligned
  - does not work with only one TX deskriptor
  - standard reset method does not work

* Patch by Masami Komiya, 08 Dec 2003:
  add RTL8139 ethernet driver

* Patches by Ed Okerson, 07 Dec 2003:
  - fix ethernet for the AU1x00 processors in little-endian mode.
  - extend memsetup.S for the AU1x00 processors in BE and LE modes

* Minor code cleanup (coding style)

* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 30 Dec 2003:
  - cpu/mpc5xxx/fec.c: added CONFIG_PHY_ADDR, added CONFIG_PHY_TYPE,
  - added CONFIG_PHY_ADDR to include/configs/IceCube.h,
  - turned debug print of PHY registers into a function (called in two places)
  - added support for EMK MPC5200 based modules

* Fix MPC8xx PLPRCR_MFD_SHIFT typo

* Add support for TQM866M modules

* Fixes for TQM855M with 4 MB flash (Am29DL163 = _no_ mirror bit flash)

* Fix a few compiler warnings