[PATCH 9/9] doc:eficonfig: add documentation for eficonfig command

Masahisa Kojima masahisa.kojima at linaro.org
Fri Jul 15 16:27:43 CEST 2022


Add documentation for eficonfig command.

Signed-off-by: Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.kojima at linaro.org>
---
No change sinch v8

Changes in v8:
- command name is changed from "efimenu" to "eficonfig"

Newly created in v7

 doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/usage/index.rst         |  1 +
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst

diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f150d7301c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. (C) Copyright 2022, Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.kojima at linaro.org>
+
+eficonfig command
+=================
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+::
+
+    eficonfig
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The "eficonfig" command uses U-Boot menu interface and privides
+a menu-driven UEFI variable maintenance feature.
+The "eficonfig" has the following menu entries.
+
+Add Boot Option
+    Add new UEFI Boot Option.
+    User can edit description, file path, and optional_data.
+
+Edit Boot Option
+    Edit the existing UEFI Boot Option
+    User can edit description, file path, and optional_data.
+
+Change Boot Order
+    Change the order of UEFI BootOrder variable.
+
+Delete Boot Option
+    Delete the UEFI Boot Option
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The "eficonfig" command is enabled by::
+
+    CONFIG_CMD_EFICONFIG=y
+
+If CONFIG_BOOTMENU_DISABLE_UBOOT_CONSOLE is enabled, user can not enter
+U-Boot console. In this case, bootmenu can be used to invoke "eficonfig"::
+
+    CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
+    CONFIG_PREBOOT="setenv bootmenu_0 UEFI Maintenance Menu=eficonfig"
+
+See also
+--------
+* :doc:`bootmenu<bootmenu>` provides a simple mechanism for creating menus with different boot items
diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index 8b98629d6b..1afbb6bc5d 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Shell commands
    cmd/conitrace
    cmd/dm
    cmd/echo
+   cmd/eficonfig
    cmd/env
    cmd/event
    cmd/exception
-- 
2.17.1



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