[PATCH v2 1/2] autoboot: allow custom prompt without requiring AUTOBOOT_KEYED

[Ferass El Hafidi]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:53, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 02:47:00PM +0000, Ferass El Hafidi wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>> 
>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:34, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 at 07:27, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > On 2026-04-08T16:34:55, Ferass El Hafidi <funderscore at postmarketos.org> wrote:
>> > > > autoboot: allow custom prompt without requiring AUTOBOOT_KEYED
>> > > >
>> > > > The autoboot prompt used to only be customizable in Kconfig when
>> > > > AUTOBOOT_KEYED was enabled. For a usecase such as having a nicer
>> > > > autoboot prompt alongside a splash screen, there is no reason for
>> > > > AUTOBOOT_KEYED to be required for this.
>> > > >
>> > > > Remove the dependency to AUTOBOOT_KEYED, and use AUTOBOOT_PROMPT in
>> > > > print_boot_delay() instead of a hardcoded string.
>> > > >
>> > > > Signed-off-by: Ferass El Hafidi <funderscore at postmarketos.org>
>> > > > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
>> > > >
>> > > > boot/Kconfig      | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
>> > > >  common/autoboot.c |  2 +-
>> > > >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>> > > 
>> > > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>> > 
>> > Actually doc/README.autoboot documents CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT as part
>> > of the CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED group. [...]
>> 
>> Sure can!
>> 
>> > [...] Since you are decoupling these,
>> > please can you add a patch to update the documentation? Really it
>> > should move to doc/ though, if you have the energy for that.
>> > 
>> 
>> It's already in doc/, what do you mean by that?
>
>It should be in rST and part of our public docs, rather than a plain
>text file under doc/.
>

Ah right, sure can do that too.

Best regards,
Ferass