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authorHeinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>2024-11-27 08:06:30 +0100
committerHeinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>2025-01-05 02:30:48 +0100
commit5a4ac8a35a7ff5260ced655d2816bb135e6f6bff (patch)
tree8fc5303f7f4bd962a180fb0aa78415b35c21bb4a /doc/usage
parent1f68057e03206e6597ca8b2be8bb1c49d4bd47d0 (diff)
cmd: bootmenu: add parameter -e for UEFI boot options
The bootmenu command can display * menu entries defined by environment variables * menu entries defined by UEFI boot options Not in all cases showing the UEFI boot options is desired. Provide a new parameter '-e' to select the display of UEFI boot options. Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmenu.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmenu.rst
index 294cc02b17a..cd5597bc646 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmenu.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmenu.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Synopsis
--------
::
- bootmenu [delay]
+ bootmenu [-e] [delay]
Description
-----------
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ The "bootmenu" command interprets ANSI escape sequences, so
an ANSI terminal is required for proper menu rendering and item
selection.
+-e
+ show menu entries based on UEFI boot options
+
+delay
+ is the autoboot delay in seconds, after which the first
+ menu entry will be selected automatically
+
+
The assembling of the menu is done via a set of environment variables
"bootmenu_<num>" and "bootmenu_delay", i.e.::
@@ -35,8 +43,7 @@ The assembling of the menu is done via a set of environment variables
bootmenu_<num>="<title>=<commands>"
<delay>
- is the autoboot delay in seconds, after which the first
- menu entry will be selected automatically
+ autostart delay in seconds
<num>
is the boot menu entry number, starting from zero