[PATCH 09/27] bootstd: Tidy up help for boot flags
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Wed May 28 10:24:35 CEST 2025
The help for 'bootflow scan' is missing some flags. Tidy this up and
update the docs as well, keeping the flags in alpha order.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
cmd/bootflow.c | 4 +++-
doc/usage/cmd/bootflow.rst | 15 +++++++++------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cmd/bootflow.c b/cmd/bootflow.c
index 9d449f430c9..6063d9dfa7d 100644
--- a/cmd/bootflow.c
+++ b/cmd/bootflow.c
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ static int do_bootflow_cmdline(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
U_BOOT_LONGHELP(bootflow,
#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_BOOTFLOW_FULL
- "scan [-abeGl] [bdev] - scan for valid bootflows (-l list, -a all, -e errors, -b boot, -G no global)\n"
+ "scan [-abeGHlmt] [bdev] - scan for valid bootflows (-l list, -a all,\n"
+ " -e errors, -b boot, -G no global, -H no hunters\n"
+ " -m menu, -t text-only\n"
"bootflow list [-e] - list scanned bootflows (-e errors)\n"
"bootflow select [<num>|<name>] - select a bootflow\n"
"bootflow info [-ds] - show info on current bootflow (-d dump bootflow)\n"
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootflow.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootflow.rst
index 5d41fe37a7a..d57a6e36c3b 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootflow.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootflow.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Synopsis
::
- bootflow scan [-abelGH] [bootdev]
+ bootflow scan [-abeGHlmt] [bootdev]
bootflow list [-e]
bootflow select [<num|name>]
bootflow info [-ds]
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ Flags are:
Used with -l to also show errors for each bootflow. The shows detailed error
information for each bootflow that failed to make it to the `loaded` state.
--l
- List bootflows while scanning. This is helpful when you want to see what
- is happening during scanning. Use it with the `-b` flag to see which
- bootdev and bootflows are being tried.
-
-G
Skip global bootmeths when scanning. By default these are tried first, but
this flag disables them.
@@ -76,10 +71,18 @@ Flags are:
priority or label is tried, to see if more bootdevs can be discovered, but
this flag disables that process.
+-l
+ List bootflows while scanning. This is helpful when you want to see what
+ is happening during scanning. Use it with the `-b` flag to see which
+ bootdev and bootflows are being tried.
+
-m
Show a menu of available bootflows for the user to select. When used with
-b it then boots the one that was selected, if any.
+-t
+ If used with `-m`, show the menu in text mode.
+
The optional argument specifies a particular bootdev to scan. This can either be
the name of a bootdev or its sequence number (both shown with `bootdev list`).
Alternatively a convenience label can be used, like `mmc0`, which is the type of
--
2.43.0
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