[PATCH v2 05/14] doc: mkimage: Use subsection macro

Sean Anderson seanga2 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 16 15:45:24 CEST 2022


On 6/16/22 6:08 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 6/13/22 00:14, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> The options are divided up into several subsections. Use the appropriate
>> macro. While we're at it, rename the headings to better reflect the
>> contents of their sections.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Rename first subsection to "General options"
>> - Use paired quotation marks
>>
>>   doc/mkimage.1 | 8 +++-----
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/mkimage.1 b/doc/mkimage.1
>> index 4074715fe5..8b96011f90 100644
>> --- a/doc/mkimage.1
>> +++ b/doc/mkimage.1
>> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ supports verified boot.
>>   .
>>   .SH OPTIONS
>>   .
>> -.B List image information:
>> +.SS General options
>>   .
>>   .TP
>>   .BI \-l " uimage-file-name"
>> @@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ Without this option image type is autodetected.
>>   .B \-q
>>   Quiet. Don't print the image header on successful verification.
>>   .
>> -.P
>> -.B Create old legacy image:
>> +.SS Options for creating legacy or \(lqauto\(rq images
> An image type (IH_TYPE_SUNXI_TOC0) introduced in 2022 cannot be legacy.
> Please, remove this misleading and derogatory term. I guess you mean
> anything but FIT. 

This is really Simon's usage. I agree that it doesn't really apply.

> Should the whole paragraph be move down below the
> descriptions of the creation of FIT images? Then you could say "Options
> for creating other image types".
> 
> I have no clue what an "auto" image might refer to. The man-page is not
> of any help here.

See the documentation for -f

The problem is that we really should have an image type of "fit" and -n
should be used instead of -f. But what's done is done.

--Sean

> Best regards
> 
> Heinrich
> 
>>   .
>>   .TP
>>   .BI \-A " architecture"
>> @@ -151,8 +150,7 @@ just the header, everything but the image data, or nothing at all.
>>   .B \-v
>>   Verbose. Print file names as they are added to the image.
>>   .
>> -.P
>> -.B Create FIT image:
>> +.SS Options for creating FIT images
>>   .
>>   .TP
>>   .BI \-b " device-tree-file"
> 




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