[PATCH v2 1/1] doc: saves man-page

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Mon Jun 26 13:05:10 CEST 2023


Provide a man-page for the saves command.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
v2:
	fix typos
	use a hexadecimal offset when calling srec_cat
---
 doc/usage/cmd/saves.rst | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/usage/index.rst     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 89 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/saves.rst

diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/saves.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/saves.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10419cf25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/saves.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
+
+saves command
+=============
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+
+::
+
+    saves [offset [size [baud]]]
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The *saves* command is used to transfer a file from the device via the serial
+line using the Motorola S-record file format.
+
+offset
+    start address of memory area to save, defaults to 0x0
+
+size
+    size of memory area to save, defaults to 0x0
+
+baud
+    baud rate to use for upload. This parameter is only available if
+    CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE=y
+
+Example
+-------
+
+In the example the *screen* command is used to connect to the U-Boot serial
+console.
+
+In a first screen session a file is loaded from the SD-card and the *saves*
+command is invoked. <CTRL+A><k> is used to kill the screen session.
+
+A new screen session is started which logs the output to a file and the
+<ENTER> key is hit to start the file output. <CTRL+A><k> is issued to kill the
+screen session.
+
+The log file is converted to a binary file using the *srec_cat* command. A
+negative offset of -0x4c000000 is applied to compensate for the offset used in
+the *saves* command.
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    $ screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
+    => echo $scriptaddr
+    0x4FC00000
+    => load mmc 0:1 $scriptaddr boot.txt
+    124 bytes read in 1 ms (121.1 KiB/s)
+    => saves $scriptaddr $filesize
+    ## Ready for S-Record upload, press ENTER to proceed ...
+    Really kill this window [y/n]
+    $ screen -Logfile out.srec -L /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
+    S0030000FC
+    S3154FC00000736574656E76206175746F6C6F616420AD
+    S3154FC000106E6F0A646863700A6C6F6164206D6D633E
+    S3154FC0002020303A3120246664745F616464725F72B3
+    S3154FC00030206474620A6C6F6164206D6D6320303AC0
+    S3154FC000403120246B65726E656C5F616464725F72DA
+    S3154FC0005020736E702E6566690A626F6F74656669C6
+    S3154FC0006020246B65726E656C5F616464725F7220CB
+    S3114FC00070246664745F616464725F720A38
+    S70500000000FA
+    ## S-Record upload complete
+    =>
+    Really kill this window [y/n]
+    $ srec_cat out.srec -offset -0x4FC00000 -Output out.txt -binary 2>/dev/null
+    $ cat out.txt
+    setenv autoload no
+    dhcp
+    load mmc 0:1 $fdt_addr_r dtb
+    load mmc 0:1 $kernel_addr_r snp.efi
+    bootefi $kernel_addr_r $fdt_addr_r
+    $
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The command is only available if CONFIG_CMD_SAVES=y. The parameter to set the
+baud rate is only available if CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE=y
+
+Return value
+------------
+
+The return value $? is 0 (true) on success, 1 (false) otherwise.
diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index 29ae8a176e..563d109f8c 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Shell commands
    cmd/read
    cmd/reset
    cmd/rng
+   cmd/saves
    cmd/sbi
    cmd/sf
    cmd/scp03
-- 
2.40.1



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