From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] efi_stub: update documentation on dtb= parameter
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 14:47:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180909144711.12261570@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180906182927.22318-1-grant.likely@arm.com>
On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 19:29:27 +0100
Grant Likely <grant.likely@arm.com> wrote:
> The dtb= parameter is no longer the primary mechanism for providing a
> devicetree to the kernel. Now either firmware or the boot selector (ex.
> Grub) should provide the devicetree and dtb= should only be used for
> debug or when using firmware that doesn't understand DT.
> Update the EFI stub documentation to reflect the current usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
> Acked-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Applied, thanks.
jon
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2018-09-06 18:29 [PATCH RESEND] efi_stub: update documentation on dtb= parameter Grant Likely
2018-09-07 10:43 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-09 20:47 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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