| Message ID | 20211013145202.53070-1-luca.fancellu@arm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] arm/docs: Clarify legacy DT bindings on UEFI | expand |
On Wed, 13 Oct 2021, Luca Fancellu wrote: > Since the introduction of UEFI boot for Xen, the legacy > compatible strings were not supported and the stub code > was checking only the presence of “multiboot,module” to > require the Xen UEFI configuration file or not. > The documentation was not updated to specify that behavior. > > Add a phrase to docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt > to clarify it. > > Signed-off-by: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@arm.com> > Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com> Committed > --- > Changes in v2: > - dropped redundant wording in docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt > - Add more details to the commit message > --- > docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt > index c6a775f4e8..71895663a4 100644 > --- a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt > +++ b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt > @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Each node contains the following properties: > Xen 4.4 supported a different set of legacy compatible strings > which remain supported such that systems supporting both 4.4 > and later can use a single DTB. > + However when booting Xen using UEFI, the legacy compatible > + strings are not supported. > > - "xen,multiboot-module" equivalent to "multiboot,module" > - "xen,linux-zimage" equivalent to "multiboot,kernel" > -- > 2.17.1 >
diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt index c6a775f4e8..71895663a4 100644 --- a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt +++ b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Each node contains the following properties: Xen 4.4 supported a different set of legacy compatible strings which remain supported such that systems supporting both 4.4 and later can use a single DTB. + However when booting Xen using UEFI, the legacy compatible + strings are not supported. - "xen,multiboot-module" equivalent to "multiboot,module" - "xen,linux-zimage" equivalent to "multiboot,kernel"