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| author | Tom Rini <[email protected]> | 2024-10-15 09:18:04 -0600 |
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| committer | Tom Rini <[email protected]> | 2024-10-15 11:38:44 -0600 |
| commit | 4378732d5658accd07d2fb245417262a23f578ce (patch) | |
| tree | 06b50e26d4b1582fb4c00393e83b4ede06537fa6 /doc/develop/bootstd | |
| parent | 4f777c2ef20ad294af1d3447baf7dfffb7514ab3 (diff) | |
| parent | 87980311fbb64369c29d8725fc8fb4fb35ae2f3c (diff) | |
Merge patch series to add a "fallback" keyword to extlinux.conf parsing
This series from Martyn Welch <[email protected]> adds the
ability to have a "fallback" option in extlinux.conf parsing, which can
be in turn used in A/B style update mechanisms.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/[email protected]/
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/develop/bootstd')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst index c6f003851b2..a2913cd47be 100644 --- a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst +++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst @@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ provide a `read_bootflow()` method which checks whatever bootdevs it likes, then returns the bootflow, if found. Some of these bootmeths may be very slow, if they scan a lot of devices. +The extlinux bootmeth also allows for bootmeth specific configuration to be +set. A bootmeth that wishes to support this provides the `set_property()` +method. This allows string properties and values to be passed to the bootmeth. +It is up to the bootmeth to determine what action to take when this method is +called. + Boot process ------------ @@ -459,8 +465,8 @@ Three commands are available: See :doc:`/usage/cmd/bootflow` `bootmeth` - Allow listing of available bootmethds and setting the order in which they - are tried. See :doc:`/usage/cmd/bootmeth` + Allow listing of available bootmethds, setting the order in which they are + tried and bootmeth specific configuration. See :doc:`/usage/cmd/bootmeth` .. _BootflowStates: |