config_distro_bootcmd.h defines a common boot environment for multiple platforms. Document the format of the console environment variable to allow the use of generic boot scripts on all supported platforms.
Signed-off-by: Karsten Merker merker@debian.org --- doc/README.distro | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/README.distro b/doc/README.distro index 0308a4c..3f7ee85 100644 --- a/doc/README.distro +++ b/doc/README.distro @@ -201,6 +201,15 @@ variables be set. Default values for these variables are often hard-coded into CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS in the board's U-Boot configuration file, so that the user doesn't have to configure them.
+console: + + Mandatory. The default console device to be passed to the Linux kernel. + + The console device is specified in accordance with the guidelines + described in Documentation/serial-console.txt in the Linux kernel sources. + If the device is a serial port, the console variable must specify the + console baudrate in addition to the console device, e.g. "ttyS0,115200". + fdt_addr:
Mandatory for any system that provides the DTB in HW (e.g. ROM) and wishes