[PATCH v4 18/20] x86: doc: Update summaries and add links
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Wed Aug 23 23:10:35 CEST 2023
Refresh the summary information so it is more up-to-date. Add links to
the coreboot and slimbootloader docs.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
(no changes since v2)
Changes in v2:
- Add new patch
doc/arch/x86/x86.rst | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/arch/x86/x86.rst b/doc/arch/x86/x86.rst
index ef6970b88a5..e75b5a73ffc 100644
--- a/doc/arch/x86/x86.rst
+++ b/doc/arch/x86/x86.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ including supported boards, build instructions, todo list, etc.
Status
------
U-Boot supports running as a `coreboot`_ payload on x86. So far only Link
-(Chromebook Pixel) and `QEMU`_ x86 targets have been tested, but it should
-work with minimal adjustments on other x86 boards since coreboot deals with
-most of the low-level details.
+(Chromebook Pixel), Brya (Alder Lake Chromebook) and `QEMU`_ x86 targets have
+been tested, but it should work with minimal adjustments on other x86 boards
+since coreboot deals with most of the low-level details.
U-Boot is a main bootloader on Intel Edison board.
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ are supported:
- Link (Chromebook Pixel)
- Minnowboard MAX
- Samus (Chromebook Pixel 2015)
+ - Coral (Apollo Lake Chromebooks circa 2017)
- QEMU x86 (32-bit & 64-bit)
As for loading an OS, U-Boot supports directly booting a 32-bit or 64-bit
Linux kernel as part of a FIT image. It also supports a compressed zImage.
U-Boot supports loading an x86 VxWorks kernel. Please check README.vxworks
-for more details.
+for more details. Finally, U-Boot can boot Linux distributions with a UEFI
+interface.
Build Instructions for U-Boot as BIOS replacement (bare mode)
-------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -700,9 +702,10 @@ for details of EFI support in U-Boot.
Chain-loading
-------------
-U-Boot can be chain-loaded from another bootloader, such as coreboot or
-Slim Bootloader. Typically this is done by building for targets 'coreboot' or
-'slimbootloader'.
+U-Boot can be chain-loaded from another bootloader, such as
+:doc:`../../board/coreboot/index` coreboot or
+:doc:`../../board/intel/slimbootloader`. Typically this is done by building for
+targets 'coreboot' or 'slimbootloader'.
For example, at present we have a 'coreboot' target but this runs very
different code from the bare-metal targets, such as coral. There is very little
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