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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
To: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt to reST
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 15:31:37 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190427153137.0bab2ab7@coco.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190426153150.21228-23-changbin.du@gmail.com>

Em Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:31:45 +0800
Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> escreveu:

> This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
> add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>

> ---
>  Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst            |  1 +
>  .../x86/x86_64/{uefi.txt => uefi.rst}         | 30 ++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>  rename Documentation/x86/x86_64/{uefi.txt => uefi.rst} (79%)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
> index a8cf7713cac9..ddfa1f9d4193 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
> @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ x86_64 Support
>     :maxdepth: 2
>  
>     boot-options
> +   uefi
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
> similarity index 79%
> rename from Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
> rename to Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
> index a5e2b4fdb170..88c3ba32546f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +=====================================
>  General note on [U]EFI x86_64 support
> --------------------------------------
> +=====================================
>  
>  The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
>  
> @@ -14,29 +17,42 @@ with EFI firmware and specifications are listed below.
>  
>  3. x86_64 platform with EFI/UEFI firmware.
>  
> -Mechanics:
> +Mechanics
>  ---------
> -- Build the kernel with the following configuration.
> +
> +- Build the kernel with the following configuration::
> +
>  	CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
>  	CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
> +
>    If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should
> -  be selected.
> +  be selected::
> +
>  	CONFIG_EFI=y
>  	CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m		# optional
> +
>  - Create a VFAT partition on the disk
>  - Copy the following to the VFAT partition:
> +
>  	elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file,
>  	kernel image built in first step and corresponding
>  	initrd. Instructions on building elilo	and its dependencies
>  	can be found in the elilo sourceforge project.
> +
>  - Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built
>    in first step.
>  - If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following
>    kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime
>    services.
> -	noefi		turn off all EFI runtime services
> -	reboot_type=k	turn off EFI reboot runtime service
> +
> +	noefi
> +		turn off all EFI runtime services
> +	reboot_type=k
> +		turn off EFI reboot runtime service
> +
>  - If the EFI memory map has additional entries not in the E820 map,
>    you can include those entries in the kernels memory map of available
>    physical RAM by using the following kernel command line parameter.
> -	add_efi_memmap	include EFI memory map of available physical RAM
> +
> +	add_efi_memmap
> +		include EFI memory map of available physical RAM



Thanks,
Mauro

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-27 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-26 15:31 [PATCH 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-04-26 16:16   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-27  2:43     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:31   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:41   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:48   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  3:19     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:50   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:52   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:17   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  3:27     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:19   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:21   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:32   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-27 18:10     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  5:03     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:51   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  5:25     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:53   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:54   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:55   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:57   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:58   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:09   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  5:37     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:16   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:20   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:24   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  5:42     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:30   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02  5:49     ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:31   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:35   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:36   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:38   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:40   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:42   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:39 ` [PATCH 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-27  2:47   ` Changbin Du
2019-04-27  9:54     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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