[PATCH v2 2/3] doc: Complete the list of available runtime-config options

Marcel Ziswiler marcel.ziswiler at toradex.com
Mon Aug 30 16:53:32 CEST 2021


On Sat, 2021-08-28 at 10:46 -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> The current list is missing a few items. Add them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Add new patch to document remaining runtime-config options
> 
>  doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt
> index 61ae18f8239..af5e3aa6db9 100644
> --- a/doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt
> +++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt
> @@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ is built.
>  
>  Available options are:
>  
> +bootcmd (string)
> +       Allows overwriting of the boot command used by U-Boot on startup. If
> +       present, U-Boot uses this command instead. Note that this feature can
> +       work even if loading the environment is disabled, e.g. for security
> +       reasons. See also bootsercure.

bootsecure

> +
> +bootdelay (int)
> +       This allows selecting of the U-Boot bootdelay, to control whether U-Boot
> +       waits on boot or for how long. This allows this option to be configured
> +       by the build system or by a previous-stage binary. For example, if the
> +       images is being packed for testing or a user holds down a button, it may
> +       allow a delay, but disable it for production.
> +
> +u-boot,boot-led (string)
> +u-boot,error-led (string)
> +       This is used to specify the label for an LED to indicate an error and
> +       a successful boot, on supported hardware.
> +
> +bootsecure (int)
> +       Indicates that U-Boot should use secure_boot_cmd() to run commands,
> +       rather than the normal CLI. This can be used in production images, to
> +       restrict the amount of parsing done or the options available, to cut
> +       back on the available surface for security attacks.
> +
>  u-boot,efi-partition-entries-offset (int)
>         If present, this provides an offset (in bytes, from the start of a
>         device) that should be skipped over before the partition entries.
> @@ -21,6 +45,16 @@ u-boot,efi-partition-entries-offset (int)
>  
>         This setting will override any values configured via Kconfig.
>  
> +kernel-offset (int)
> +       This allows setting the 'kernaddr' environment variable, used to select
> +       the address to load the kernel. It is useful for systems that use U-Boot
> +       to flash a device, so the scripts that do this know where to put the
> +       kernel to be flashed.
> +
> +load-environment (int)
> +       Allows control over whether U-Boot loads its environment after
> +       relocation (0=no, 1 or not present=yes).
> +
>  u-boot,mmc-env-offset (int)
>  u-boot,mmc-env-offset-redundant (int)
>         If present, the values of the 'u-boot,mmc-env-offset' and/or
> @@ -42,9 +76,20 @@ u-boot,mmc-env-partition (int)
>         precedence. In that case, only if the partition is not found,
>         mmc-env-offset* will be tried.
>  
> +u-boot,no-apm-finalize (bool)
> +       For x86 devices running on coreboot, this tells U-Boot not to lock
> +       down the Intel Management Engine (ME) registers. This allows U-Boot to
> +       access the hardware more fully for platforms that need it.
> +
>  u-boot,no-keyboard (bool)
>         Tells U-Boot not to expect an attached keyboard with a VGA console
>  
> +rootdisk-offset (int)
> +       This allows setting the 'rootdisk' environment variable, used to select
> +       the address to load the rootdisk. It is useful for systems that use
> +       U-Boot to flash a device, so the scripts that do this know where to put
> +       the root disk to be flashed.
> +
>  silent-console (int)
>         If present and non-zero, the console is silenced by default on boot.

Reviewed-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler at toradex.com>


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