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[1/1] doc/efi: add load file 2 protocol to HTML documentation

Message ID 20200222065129.6872-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de
State Accepted
Commit 71a7de4467030362ef2582c355c086eb5fc4143f
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Series [1/1] doc/efi: add load file 2 protocol to HTML documentation | expand

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Heinrich Schuchardt Feb. 22, 2020, 6:51 a.m. UTC 
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 at gmx.de>
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 doc/api/efi.rst   |  9 +++++++++
 doc/uefi/uefi.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

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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
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