[PATCH v2 17/19] Mark DISTRO_DEFAULTS as deprecated
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Thu Aug 31 16:18:42 CEST 2023
On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 09:53:11PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> Standard boot has been in place for a while now. Quite a few problems
> have been found and fixed. It seems like a good time to mark the
> script-based approach as deprecated and encourage people to use standard
> boot.
>
> Update the DISTRO_DEFAULTS Kconfig to encourage people to move to
> standard boot, which is able to boot Linux distributions automatically.
>
> Add a short migration guide to make this easier.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Mention in the DISTRO_DEFAULTS option that it is script-based
> - Expand and rewrite the commit message
> - Use the word 'Mark' instead of 'Make' to improve the English
>
> boot/Kconfig | 7 ++++++-
> doc/develop/bootstd.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
> index 458512a4ade2..a7dea0a0623b 100644
> --- a/boot/Kconfig
> +++ b/boot/Kconfig
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ config SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
> endmenu # Boot images
>
> config DISTRO_DEFAULTS
> - bool "Select defaults suitable for booting general purpose Linux distributions"
> + bool "(deprecated) 'Script-based booting of Linux distributions"
Extra ' ?
> select BOOT_DEFAULTS
> select AUTO_COMPLETE
> select CMDLINE_EDITING
> @@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ config DISTRO_DEFAULTS
> select HUSH_PARSER
> select SYS_LONGHELP
> help
> + Note: These scripts have been replaced by Standard Boot. Do not use
> + them on new boards. See 'Migrating from distro_boot' at
> + doc/develop/bootstd.rst
> +
> +
Extra newline.
--
Tom
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