[PATCH 1/1] doc: man-page for bdinfo

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Sun Jan 15 13:00:23 CET 2023


Provide a man-page for the bdinfo command

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
---
 doc/usage/cmd/bdinfo.rst | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/usage/index.rst      |   1 +
 2 files changed, 120 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/bdinfo.rst

diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bdinfo.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bdinfo.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b3cde2ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bdinfo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. Copyright 2023, Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
+
+bdinfo command
+==============
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+::
+
+    bdinfo
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The *bdinfo* command prints information about the board.
+
+Example
+=======
+
+::
+
+    => bdinfo
+    boot_params = 0x0000000000000000
+    DRAM bank   = 0x0000000000000000
+    -> start    = 0x0000000040000000
+    -> size     = 0x0000000100000000
+    flashstart  = 0x0000000000000000
+    flashsize   = 0x0000000004000000
+    flashoffset = 0x00000000000e87f8
+    baudrate    = 115200 bps
+    relocaddr   = 0x000000013fefb000
+    reloc off   = 0x000000013fefb000
+    Build       = 64-bit
+    current eth = virtio-net#32
+    ethaddr     = 52:52:52:52:52:52
+    IP addr     = 10.0.2.15
+    fdt_blob    = 0x000000013edbadb0
+    new_fdt     = 0x000000013edbadb0
+    fdt_size    = 0x0000000000100000
+    lmb_dump_all:
+     memory.cnt  = 0x1
+     memory[0]      [0x40000000-0x13fffffff], 0x100000000 bytes flags: 0
+     reserved.cnt  = 0x2
+     reserved[0]    [0x13ddb3000-0x13fffffff], 0x0224d000 bytes flags: 0
+     reserved[1]    [0x13edb6930-0x13fffffff], 0x012496d0 bytes flags: 0
+    devicetree  = board
+    arch_number = 0x0000000000000000
+    TLB addr    = 0x000000013fff0000
+    irq_sp      = 0x000000013edbada0
+    sp start    = 0x000000013edbada0
+    Early malloc usage: 3a8 / 2000
+    =>
+
+boot_params
+    address of the memory area for boot parameters
+
+DRAM bank
+    index, start address and end address of a memory bank
+
+baudrate
+    baud rate of the serial console
+
+relocaddr
+    address to which U-Boot has relocated itself
+
+reloc off
+    relocation offset, difference between *relocaddr* and the text base
+
+Build
+    bitness of the system
+
+current eth
+    name of the active network device
+
+IP addr
+    network address, value of the environment variable *ipaddr*
+
+fdt_blob
+    address of U-Boot's own device tree, NULL if none
+
+new_fdt
+    location of the relocated device tree
+
+fdt_size
+    space reserved for relocated device space
+
+lmb_dump_all
+    available memory and memory reservations
+
+devicetree
+    source of the device-tree
+
+arch_number
+    unique id for the board
+
+TLB addr
+    address of the translation lookaside buffer
+
+irq_sp
+    address of the IRQ stack pointer
+
+sp start
+    initial stack pointer address
+
+Early malloc usage
+    amount of memory used in the early malloc memory and its maximum size
+    as defined by CONFIGSYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The bdinfo command is available if CONFIG_CMD_BDI=y.
+
+Return code
+-----------
+
+The return code $? is 0 (true).
diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index 707e3116be..8dfc79a0ca 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Shell commands
    cmd/addrmap
    cmd/askenv
    cmd/base
+   cmd/bdinfo
    cmd/blkcache
    cmd/bootd
    cmd/bootdev
-- 
2.38.1



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