[PATCH v2 08/14] doc: Add a description for bootmeth_sandbox

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Tue Jul 16 09:04:13 CEST 2024


Add documentation for the sandbox bootmeth.

Fix up the compatible string to drop the 'extlinux' part, which is not
relevant to this bootmeth.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at cherry.de>
---

Changes in v2:
- Adjustments from Heinrich's comments

 boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c          |  2 +-
 doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst    |  1 +
 doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst |  1 +
 doc/develop/bootstd/sandbox.rst  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/develop/bootstd/sandbox.rst

diff --git a/boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c b/boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c
index 0bc8f688e30..26c713bb5f3 100644
--- a/boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c
+++ b/boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct bootmeth_ops sandbox_bootmeth_ops = {
 };
 
 static const struct udevice_id sandbox_bootmeth_ids[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "u-boot,sandbox-extlinux" },
+	{ .compatible = "u-boot,sandbox-bootmeth" },
 	{ }
 };
 
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
index 69fd3c2d2eb..2c5d2d3fade 100644
--- a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Standard Boot
    pxelinux
    qfw
    cros
+   sandbox
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
index 9b50b5593c4..add054f3088 100644
--- a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ Bootmeth drivers are provided for booting from various media:
    - :doc:`ChromiumOS <cros>` ChromiumOS boot from a disk
    - EFI boot using boot manager
    - :doc:`QFW <qfw>`: QEMU firmware interface
+   - :doc:`sandbox <sandbox>` used only for testing
 
 Each driver is controlled by a Kconfig option. If no bootmeth driver is
 selected by a compatible string in the devicetree, all available bootmeth
diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/sandbox.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/sandbox.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a90c1accc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/sandbox.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
+
+Sandbox Bootmeth
+================
+
+The sandbox bootmeth is only used for testing. It does not provide any facility
+for booting an OS. While sandbox can do all the processing before the actual
+boot, it is not connected in this bootmeth.
+
+When invoked on a bootdev, this bootmeth pretends to find a bootflow and creates
+the associated structure.
+
+When the bootflow is booted, the bootmeth returns -EENOTSUPP indicating that it
+is not supported.
+
+The compatible string "u-boot,sandbox-bootmeth" is used for the driver. It is present
+if `CONFIG_BOOTMETH_SANDBOX` is enabled.
-- 
2.34.1



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