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author | Mario Six | 2018-07-10 08:40:17 +0200 |
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committer | Tom Rini | 2018-07-23 14:33:21 -0400 |
commit | 78a88f7930becb78afef09c1237a8e4edc1b01e1 (patch) | |
tree | b4c1d5c08749423c742f2c1bb43d1be0704bc0a5 /Documentation/index.rst | |
parent | 5448ff33f281cc4832395109c53effc7593bbfeb (diff) |
doc: Replace DocBook with sphinx-based docs
The Linux kernel moved to sphinx-based documentation and got rid of the
DocBook based documentation quite a while ago. Hence, the DocBook
documentation for U-Boot should be converted as well.
To achieve this, import the necessary files from Linux v4.17, and
convert the current DocBook documentation (three files altogether) to
sphinx/reStructuredText.
For now, all old DocBook documentation was merged into a single
handbook, tentatively named "U-Boot Hacker Manual".
For some source files, the documentation style was changed to comply
with kernel-doc; no functional changes were applied.
Signed-off-by: Mario Six <mario.six@gdsys.cc>
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diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a7b0ee4e87d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +==================== +U-Boot Hacker Manual +==================== + +Linker-Generated Arrays +======================= + +A linker list is constructed by grouping together linker input +sections, each containing one entry of the list. Each input section +contains a constant initialized variable which holds the entry's +content. Linker list input sections are constructed from the list +and entry names, plus a prefix which allows grouping all lists +together. Assuming _list and _entry are the list and entry names, +then the corresponding input section name is + +:: + + .u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry + +and the C variable name is + +:: + + _u_boot_list + _2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry + +This ensures uniqueness for both input section and C variable name. + +Note that the names differ only in the first character, "." for the +section and "_" for the variable, so that the linker cannot confuse +section and symbol names. From now on, both names will be referred +to as + +:: + + %u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry + +Entry variables need never be referred to directly. + +The naming scheme for input sections allows grouping all linker lists +into a single linker output section and grouping all entries for a +single list. + +Note the two '_2_' constant components in the names: their presence +allows putting a start and end symbols around a list, by mapping +these symbols to sections names with components "1" (before) and +"3" (after) instead of "2" (within). +Start and end symbols for a list can generally be defined as + +:: + + %u_boot_list_2_ + @_list + _1_... + %u_boot_list_2_ + @_list + _3_... + +Start and end symbols for the whole of the linker lists area can be +defined as + +:: + + %u_boot_list_1_... + %u_boot_list_3_... + +Here is an example of the sorted sections which result from a list +"array" made up of three entries : "first", "second" and "third", +iterated at least once. + +:: + + .u_boot_list_2_array_1 + .u_boot_list_2_array_2_first + .u_boot_list_2_array_2_second + .u_boot_list_2_array_2_third + .u_boot_list_2_array_3 + +If lists must be divided into sublists (e.g. for iterating only on +part of a list), one can simply give the list a name of the form +'outer_2_inner', where 'outer' is the global list name and 'inner' +is the sub-list name. Iterators for the whole list should use the +global list name ("outer"); iterators for only a sub-list should use +the full sub-list name ("outer_2_inner"). + +Here is an example of the sections generated from a global list +named "drivers", two sub-lists named "i2c" and "pci", and iterators +defined for the whole list and each sub-list: + +:: + + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_1 + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_1 + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_first + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_first + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_second + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_third + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_3 + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_1 + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_first + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_second + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_third + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_3 + %u_boot_list_2_drivers_3 + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linker_lists.h + :internal: + +Serial system +============= + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/serial/serial.c + :internal: + +The U-Boot EFI subsystem +======================== + +Boot services +------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c + :internal: |