[PATCH v3 06/14] doc: Add a description for bootmeth_qfw

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Jul 17 10:30:56 CEST 2024


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

Changes in v3:
- Drop extra 'and'

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..70086ad1817
--- /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 provided by
+`-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



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