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| author | Heinrich Schuchardt | 2022-04-11 21:06:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Heinrich Schuchardt | 2022-04-23 22:05:33 +0200 |
| commit | 7f97d8cddfb7c7168cbd8193e8d2ff523716f161 (patch) | |
| tree | 88ecde8076473bb69045c3038c19d5de6e23fd2a /doc/usage | |
| parent | 2058983689f0e42f639a5fbece26ecd9fed5fa41 (diff) | |
doc: update bootefi man-page
A image_size parameter has been added to the bootefi parameter.
Describe all parameters.
Correct how the description of how the device-path in the loaded
image protocol is determined.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/usage')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst index 31279fc0cbf..4cc8c0718c5 100644 --- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst +++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootefi.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Synopsis :: - bootefi [image_addr] [fdt_addr] + bootefi [image_addr] [fdt_addr [image_size]] bootefi bootmgr [fdt_addr] bootefi hello [fdt_addr] bootefi selftest [fdt_addr] @@ -41,13 +41,28 @@ command sequence to run a UEFI application might look like load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr_r /EFI/grub/grubaa64.efi bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdt_addr_r -The last file loaded defines the image file path in the loaded image protocol. -Hence the executable should always be loaded last. +The last UEFI binary loaded defines the image file path in the loaded image +protocol. The value of the environment variable *bootargs* is converted from UTF-8 to UTF-16 and passed as load options in the loaded image protocol to the UEFI binary. +image_addr + Address of the UEFI binary. + +fdt_addr + Address of the device-tree or '-'. If no address is specifiy, the + environment variable $fdt_addr is used as first fallback, the address of + U-Boot's internal device-tree $fdtcontroladdr as second fallback. + When using ACPI no device-tree shall be specified. + +image_size + Size of the UEFI binary file. This argument is only needed if *image_addr* + does not match the address of the last loaded UEFI binary. In this case + a memory device path will be used as image file path in the loaded image + protocol. + Note UEFI binaries that are contained in FIT images are launched via the *bootm* command. |