[PATCH] doc: android: fastboot: Document halt behaviour

Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek at kernel.org
Mon Jun 15 14:29:28 CEST 2026


It's possible to interrupt the fastboot command from the U-Boot shell
using the Ctrl-c keybinding.

Document this.

Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at kernel.org>
---
 doc/android/fastboot.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/android/fastboot.rst b/doc/android/fastboot.rst
index 19e2ee9d4074..818b8815ebdc 100644
--- a/doc/android/fastboot.rst
+++ b/doc/android/fastboot.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ or initiate a reboot::
 
 and once the client comes back, the board should reset.
 
+It's possible to interrupt the fastboot command using Ctrl-c::
+
+   => fastboot usb 0
+   Operation aborted.
+
 You can also specify a kernel image to boot. You have to either specify
 the an image in Android format *or* pass a binary kernel and let the
 fastboot client wrap the Android suite around it. On OMAP for instance you

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base-commit: 1e80ee41441c612f05787a93bbef4e6e422e29d1
change-id: 20260615-fastboot-doc-ctrl-c-3fac73518cfe

Best regards,
--  
Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at kernel.org>



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