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| author | Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> | 2020-02-22 07:47:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> | 2020-02-28 19:37:14 +0100 |
| commit | 71a7de4467030362ef2582c355c086eb5fc4143f (patch) | |
| tree | 395ca83c7d56483d3cdc8c5eca164aee7b40a194 /doc | |
| parent | 479ab6c17eda7d05ad2251ebd0036a9258199224 (diff) | |
doc/efi: add load file 2 protocol to HTML documentation
The load file 2 protocol can be used by the Linux kernel to load the initial
RAM disk. U-Boot can be configured to provide an implementation.
Add a description to the UEFI overview and document the related functions
in the API section.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/efi.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/uefi/uefi.rst | 12 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/efi.rst b/doc/api/efi.rst index bc59382608..631c0ceb1d 100644 --- a/doc/api/efi.rst +++ b/doc/api/efi.rst @@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ Graphical output protocol .. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_gop.c :internal: +Load file 2 protocol +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The load file 2 protocol can be used by the Linux kernel to load the initial +RAM disk. U-Boot can be configured to provide an implementation. + +.. kernel-doc:: lib/efi_loader/efi_load_initrd.c + :internal: + Network protocols ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/doc/uefi/uefi.rst b/doc/uefi/uefi.rst index a8fd886d6b..cfe2d84a4c 100644 --- a/doc/uefi/uefi.rst +++ b/doc/uefi/uefi.rst @@ -356,6 +356,18 @@ This driver is only available if U-Boot is configured with:: CONFIG_BLK=y CONFIG_PARTITIONS=y +Miscellaneous +------------- + +Load file 2 protocol +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The load file 2 protocol can be used by the Linux kernel to load the initial +RAM disk. U-Boot can be configured to provide an implementation with:: + + EFI_LOAD_FILE2_INITRD=y + EFI_INITRD_FILESPEC=interface dev:part path_to_initrd + Links ----- |