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authorSimon Glass2021-10-14 12:48:10 -0600
committerTom Rini2021-11-11 19:02:41 -0500
commit37c5195dfcd15781db9e9f7f414611dc1af3bd2e (patch)
treebc14b7c9351e95ac412448f2620dd209d3ccf80c /doc
parent81a2f8d34b4ef38f8a4dbb9013ab65476644603a (diff)
doc: Move distro boot doc to rST
Move this over to the new rST format. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Artem Lapkin <email2tema@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/develop/distro.rst (renamed from doc/README.distro)177
-rw-r--r--doc/develop/index.rst1
2 files changed, 80 insertions, 98 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.distro b/doc/develop/distro.rst
index fa8cec11028..c522be69349 100644
--- a/doc/README.distro
+++ b/doc/develop/distro.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
-/*
- * (C) Copyright 2014 Red Hat Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2015, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (C) 2015 K. Merker <merker@debian.org>
- */
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
Generic Distro Configuration Concept
====================================
@@ -73,9 +68,8 @@ Boot Configuration Files
The standard format for boot configuration files is that of extlinux.conf, as
handled by U-Boot's "syslinux" (disk) or "pxe boot" (network). This is roughly
-as specified at:
+as specified at BootLoaderSpec_:
-http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/
... with the exceptions that the BootLoaderSpec document:
@@ -87,73 +81,70 @@ http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/
* Does not document the fdtdir option, which automatically selects the DTB to
pass to the kernel.
-One example extlinux.conf generated by the Fedora installer is:
+One example extlinux.conf generated by the Fedora installer is::
-------------------------------------------------------------
-# extlinux.conf generated by anaconda
+ # extlinux.conf generated by anaconda
-ui menu.c32
+ ui menu.c32
-menu autoboot Welcome to Fedora. Automatic boot in # second{,s}. Press a key for options.
-menu title Fedora Boot Options.
-menu hidden
+ menu autoboot Welcome to Fedora. Automatic boot in # second{,s}. Press a key for options.
+ menu title Fedora Boot Options.
+ menu hidden
-timeout 50
-#totaltimeout 9000
+ timeout 50
+ #totaltimeout 9000
-default Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
+ default Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
-label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl) 22 (Rawhide)
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
- append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
- fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
- initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl.img
+ label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl) 22 (Rawhide)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl.img
-label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
- append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
- fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
- initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae.img
+ label Fedora (3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae) 22 (Rawhide)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 drm.debug=0xf
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-3.17.0-0.rc4.git2.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae.img
-label Fedora-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc (0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc)
- kernel /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc
- initrd /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc.img
- append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8
- fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.16.0-0.rc6.git1.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
-------------------------------------------------------------
+ label Fedora-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc (0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc)
+ kernel /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc
+ initrd /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-8f6ba7b039524e0eb957d2c9203f04bc.img
+ append ro root=UUID=8eac677f-8ea8-4270-8479-d5ddbb797450 console=ttyS0,115200n8
+ fdtdir /boot/dtb-3.16.0-0.rc6.git1.1.fc22.armv7hl+lpae
-Another hand-crafted network boot configuration file is:
-------------------------------------------------------------
-TIMEOUT 100
+Another hand-crafted network boot configuration file is::
-MENU TITLE TFTP boot options
+ TIMEOUT 100
-LABEL jetson-tk1-emmc
- MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Jetson TK1 eMMC
- LINUX ../zImage
- FDTDIR ../
- APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=80a5a8e9-c744-491a-93c1-4f4194fd690b
+ MENU TITLE TFTP boot options
-LABEL venice2-emmc
- MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Venice2 eMMC
- LINUX ../zImage
- FDTDIR ../
- APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=5f71e06f-be08-48ed-b1ef-ee4800cc860f
+ LABEL jetson-tk1-emmc
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Jetson TK1 eMMC
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=80a5a8e9-c744-491a-93c1-4f4194fd690b
-LABEL sdcard
- MENU LABEL ../zImage, root on 2GB sdcard
- LINUX ../zImage
- FDTDIR ../
- APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=b2f82cda-2535-4779-b467-094a210fbae7
+ LABEL venice2-emmc
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage root on Venice2 eMMC
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=5f71e06f-be08-48ed-b1ef-ee4800cc860f
-LABEL fedora-installer-fk
- MENU LABEL Fedora installer w/ Fedora kernel
- LINUX fedora-installer/vmlinuz
- INITRD fedora-installer/initrd.img.orig
- FDTDIR fedora-installer/dtb
- APPEND loglevel=8 ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://10.0.0.2/mirrors/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/armhfp/os/ rd.shell cma=64M
-------------------------------------------------------------
+ LABEL sdcard
+ MENU LABEL ../zImage, root on 2GB sdcard
+ LINUX ../zImage
+ FDTDIR ../
+ APPEND console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 loglevel=8 rootwait rw earlyprintk root=PARTUUID=b2f82cda-2535-4779-b467-094a210fbae7
+
+ LABEL fedora-installer-fk
+ MENU LABEL Fedora installer w/ Fedora kernel
+ LINUX fedora-installer/vmlinuz
+ INITRD fedora-installer/initrd.img.orig
+ FDTDIR fedora-installer/dtb
+ APPEND loglevel=8 ip=dhcp inst.repo=http://10.0.0.2/mirrors/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/armhfp/os/ rd.shell cma=64M
U-Boot Implementation
=====================
@@ -166,13 +157,11 @@ a line with "CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y". If you want to enable this
from Kconfig itself, for e.g. all boards using a specific SoC then
add a "imply DISTRO_DEFAULTS" to your SoC CONFIG option.
-In your board configuration file, include the following:
+In your board configuration file, include the following::
-------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
-#endif
-------------------------------------------------------------
+ #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+ #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
+ #endif
The first of those headers primarily enables a core set of U-Boot features,
such as support for MBR and GPT partitions, ext* and FAT filesystems, booting
@@ -205,7 +194,6 @@ CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS in the board's U-Boot configuration file, so that
the user doesn't have to configure them.
fdt_addr:
-
Mandatory for any system that provides the DTB in HW (e.g. ROM) and wishes
to pass that DTB to Linux, rather than loading a DTB from the boot
filesystem. Prohibited for any other system.
@@ -214,7 +202,6 @@ fdt_addr:
address.
fdt_addr_r:
-
Mandatory. The location in RAM where the DTB will be loaded or copied to when
processing the fdtdir/devicetreedir or fdt/devicetree options in
extlinux.conf.
@@ -225,7 +212,6 @@ fdt_addr_r:
A size of 1MB for the FDT/DTB seems reasonable.
fdtfile:
-
Mandatory. the name of the DTB file for the specific board for instance
the espressobin v5 board the value is "marvell/armada-3720-espressobin.dtb"
while on a clearfog pro it is "armada-388-clearfog-pro.dtb" in the case of
@@ -236,16 +222,14 @@ fdtfile:
SoC vendor directories.
ramdisk_addr_r:
-
Mandatory. The location in RAM where the initial ramdisk will be loaded to
when processing the initrd option in extlinux.conf.
- It is recommended that this location be highest in RAM out of fdt_addr_,
+ It is recommended that this location be highest in RAM out of fdt_addr_r,
kernel_addr_r, and ramdisk_addr_r, so that the RAM disk can vary in size
and use any available RAM.
kernel_addr_r:
-
Mandatory. The location in RAM where the kernel will be loaded to when
processing the kernel option in the extlinux.conf.
@@ -270,14 +254,12 @@ kernel_comp_size:
size has to at least the size of loaded image for decompression to succeed.
pxefile_addr_r:
-
Mandatory. The location in RAM where extlinux.conf will be loaded to prior
to processing.
A size of 1MB for extlinux.conf is more than adequate.
scriptaddr:
-
Mandatory, if the boot script is boot.scr rather than extlinux.conf. The
location in RAM where boot.scr will be loaded to prior to execution.
@@ -292,24 +274,22 @@ MEM_LAYOUT_ENV_SETTINGS in include/configs/tegra124-common.h.
Boot Target Configuration
-------------------------
-<config_distro_bootcmd.h> defines $bootcmd and many helper command variables
-that automatically search attached disks for boot configuration files and
-execute them. Boards must provide configure <config_distro_bootcmd.h> so that
-it supports the correct set of possible boot device types. To provide this
+The `config_distro_bootcmd.h` file defines $bootcmd and many helper command
+variables that automatically search attached disks for boot configuration files
+and execute them. Boards must provide configure <config_distro_bootcmd.h> so
+that it supports the correct set of possible boot device types. To provide this
configuration, simply define macro BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES prior to including
-<config_distro_bootcmd.h>. For example:
-
-------------------------------------------------------------
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
-#define BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES(func) \
- func(MMC, mmc, 1) \
- func(MMC, mmc, 0) \
- func(USB, usb, 0) \
- func(PXE, pxe, na) \
- func(DHCP, dhcp, na)
-#include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
-#endif
-------------------------------------------------------------
+<config_distro_bootcmd.h>. For example::
+
+ #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+ #define BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES(func) \
+ func(MMC, mmc, 1) \
+ func(MMC, mmc, 0) \
+ func(USB, usb, 0) \
+ func(PXE, pxe, na) \
+ func(DHCP, dhcp, na)
+ #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
+ #endif
Each entry in the macro defines a single boot device (e.g. a specific eMMC
device or SD card) or type of boot device (e.g. USB disk). The parameters to
@@ -328,7 +308,6 @@ up by <config_distro_bootcmd.h>. After this, various environment variables may
be altered to influence the boot process:
boot_targets:
-
The list of boot locations searched.
Example: mmc0, mmc1, usb, pxe
@@ -336,7 +315,6 @@ boot_targets:
Entries may be removed or re-ordered in this list to affect the boot order.
boot_prefixes:
-
For disk-based booting, the list of directories within a partition that are
searched for boot configuration files (extlinux.conf, boot.scr).
@@ -346,7 +324,6 @@ boot_prefixes:
directories which are searched.
boot_scripts:
-
The name of U-Boot style boot.scr files that $bootcmd searches for.
Example: boot.scr.uimg boot.scr
@@ -358,17 +335,14 @@ boot_scripts:
filenames which are supported.
scan_dev_for_extlinux:
-
If you want to disable extlinux.conf on all disks, set the value to something
innocuous, e.g. setenv scan_dev_for_extlinux true.
scan_dev_for_scripts:
-
If you want to disable boot.scr on all disks, set the value to something
innocuous, e.g. setenv scan_dev_for_scripts true.
boot_net_usb_start:
-
If you want to prevent USB enumeration by distro boot commands which execute
network operations, set the value to something innocuous, e.g. setenv
boot_net_usb_start true. This would be useful if you know your Ethernet
@@ -376,7 +350,6 @@ boot_net_usb_start:
avoiding unnecessary actions.
boot_net_pci_enum:
-
If you want to prevent PCI enumeration by distro boot commands which execute
network operations, set the value to something innocuous, e.g. setenv
boot_net_pci_enum true. This would be useful if you know your Ethernet
@@ -412,10 +385,12 @@ Examples:
The list of possible targets consists of:
- network targets
+
* dhcp
* pxe
- storage targets (to which a device number must be appended)
+
* mmc
* sata
* scsi
@@ -428,3 +403,9 @@ of the boot environment and are not guaranteed to exist or work in the same
way in future u-boot versions. In particular the <device type>_boot
variables (e.g. mmc_boot, usb_boot) are a strictly internal implementation
detail and must not be used as a public interface.
+
+.. _BootLoaderSpec: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec/
+
+.. sectionauthor:: (C) Copyright 2014 Red Hat Inc.
+.. sectionauthor:: Copyright (c) 2014-2015, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+.. sectionauthor:: Copyright (C) 2015 K. Merker <merker@debian.org>
diff --git a/doc/develop/index.rst b/doc/develop/index.rst
index 5e064a4dac1..b3871b16f35 100644
--- a/doc/develop/index.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Implementation
commands
config_binding
devicetree/index
+ distro
driver-model/index
global_data
logging