[PATCH v2 06/14] doc: Add a description for bootmeth_qfw

[Mattijs Korpershoek]

Hi Simon,

Thank you for the patch.

On mar., juil. 16, 2024 at 08:04, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:

> Add documentation for the qfw 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_qfw.c              |  2 +-
>  doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst    |  1 +
>  doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst |  1 +
>  doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst      | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst
>
> diff --git a/boot/bootmeth_qfw.c b/boot/bootmeth_qfw.c
> index dfaa944594e..2f8e00cf350 100644
> --- a/boot/bootmeth_qfw.c
> +++ b/boot/bootmeth_qfw.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static struct bootmeth_ops qfw_bootmeth_ops = {
>  };
>  
>  static const struct udevice_id qfw_bootmeth_ids[] = {
> -	{ .compatible = "u-boot,qfw-extlinux" },
> +	{ .compatible = "u-boot,qfw-bootmeth" },
>  	{ }
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
> index 5052afe448f..f8fce7207ce 100644
> --- a/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/index.rst
> @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Standard Boot
>     overview
>     extlinux
>     pxelinux
> +   qfw
> diff --git a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
> index b9b45f1e7a7..f23e344546d 100644
> --- a/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
> +++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst
> @@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ Bootmeth drivers are provided for booting from various media:
>     - EFI boot using bootefi from disk
>     - VBE
>     - EFI boot using boot manager
> +   - :doc:`QFW <qfw>`: QEMU firmware interface
>  
>  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/qfw.rst b/doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..b2ff1364fd8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/develop/bootstd/qfw.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
> +
> +QFW Bootmeth
> +============
> +
> +`QEMU <hhttps://www.qemu.org/>`_ is a system emulator which is able to boot
> +Operating Systems. QEMU provides specific support for booting an OS image
> +provided on the QEMU command line.
> +
> +When invoked on a bootdev for UCLASS_QFW, this bootmeth reads the kernel
> +provided by the QEMU `-kernel` argument, the initial ramdisk and provided by

There is a "and" which should be removed here:
ramdisk and provided by -> ramdisk provided by

With that fixed:

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at baylibre.com>


> +`-initrd` and the boot arguments (command line) provided by `-append` into
> +memory ready for booting.
> +
> +When the bootflow is booted, the bootmeth tries the `booti` command first, then
> +falls back to the `bootz` command. U-Boot's 'control' devicetree is passed
> +through to the kernel.
> +
> +The compatible string "u-boot,qfw-bootmeth" is used for the driver. It is
> +present if `CONFIG_QFW` is enabled.
> -- 
> 2.34.1