* [PATCH 5/5] arm64: Add the introduction of multiboot/module command
@ 2014-12-18 18:14 Fu Wei
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From: Fu Wei @ 2014-12-18 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: grub-devel, Leif Lindholm, Ian Campbell
Cc: Roy Franz, Jon Masters, linaro-uefi
in docs/grub.texi
Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
---
docs/grub.texi | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index 46b9e7f..f903413 100644
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -4512,6 +4512,14 @@ Alias for @code{hashsum --hash md5 arg @dots{}}. See command @command{hashsum}
@deffn Command module [--nounzip] file [arguments]
Load a module for multiboot kernel image. The rest of the
line is passed verbatim as the module command line.
+Platforms that use the Xen fdt multiboot protocol differ in the following way:
+
+- The --nounzip option is not supported.
+
+- There is a [--type <compatible stream>] option to override default
+compatible string for the current module.
+See @uref{http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/Multiboot},
+ to obtain more information.
@end deffn
@node multiboot
@@ -4523,6 +4531,8 @@ line is passed verbatim as the @dfn{kernel command-line}. Any module must
be reloaded after using this command (@pxref{module}).
Some kernels have known problems. You need to specify --quirk-* for those.
+Platforms that use the Xen fdt multiboot protocol do not support --quirk-*.
+
--quirk-bad-kludge is a problem seen in several products that they include
loading kludge information with invalid data in ELF file. GRUB prior to 0.97
and some custom builds prefered ELF information while 0.97 and GRUB 2
--
1.8.3.1
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