Merge branch '2024-03-02-assorted-updates' into next

- Assorted MediaTek, ASPEED, xenguest, s5p4418 and qemu-arm fixes
- Assorted test fixes/updates/additions.
- A few bootstd/related fixes.
- Remove common.h from some files
- Drop reiserfs
- A few other assorted fixes throughout the tree.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd.rst
index 496e24bc7a6..a07a72581e7 100644
--- a/doc/develop/bootstd.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd.rst
@@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ Then the iterator is set up to according to the parameters given:
     `BOOTFLOWIF_SINGLE_MEDIA` is set. In this case, moving to the next bootdev
     processes just the children of the media device. Hunters are used, in this
     example just the "mmc" hunter.
+  - If `label` indicates a particular partition in a particular media device
+    (e.g. "mmc1:3") then `BOOTFLOWIF_SINGLE_PARTITION` is set. In this case,
+    only a single partition within a bootdev is processed. Hunters are used, in
+    this example just the "mmc" hunter.
   - If `label` indicates a media uclass (e.g. "mmc") then
     `BOOTFLOWIF_SINGLE_UCLASS` is set. In this case, all bootdevs in that uclass
     are used. Hunters are used, in this example just the "mmc" hunter
diff --git a/doc/develop/distro.rst b/doc/develop/distro.rst
index 8016acad098..9e715b23ebb 100644
--- a/doc/develop/distro.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/distro.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ as specified at `Boot Loader Specification`_:
 * Does not document the fdtdir option, which automatically selects the DTB to
   pass to the kernel.
 
+* If no fdt/fdtdir is provided, the U-Boot will pass its own currently used
+  device tree.
+
+* If ``-`` is passed as fdt argument and ``CONFIG_SUPPORT_PASSING_ATAGS`` is
+  enabled, then no device tree will be used (legacy booting / pre-dtb kernel).
+
 See also doc/README.pxe under 'pxe file format'.
 
 One example extlinux.conf generated by the Fedora installer is::