On 9/12/22 10:33, Masahisa Kojima wrote:
Add documentation for eficonfig command.
Signed-off-by: Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.koj...@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodi...@linaro.org>
---
No update since v15
Changes in v14:
- fix typos
Changes in v13:
- describe how to auto boot according to the UEFI Boot option
Changes in v12:
- CONFIG_BOOTMENU_DISABLE_UBOOT_CONSOLE condition is added
to show newly added boot option
No update since v10
Changes in v10:
- describe how to boot system after editting by eficonfig
Changes in v8:
- command name is changed from "efimenu" to "eficonfig"
Newly created in v7
doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/usage/index.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst
diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/eficonfig.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+.. (C) Copyright 2022, Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.koj...@linaro.org>
+
+eficonfig command
+=================
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+::
+
+ eficonfig
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The "eficonfig" command uses U-Boot menu interface and provides
+a menu-driven UEFI variable maintenance feature.
+The "eficonfig" has the following menu entries.
+
+Add Boot Option
+ Add new UEFI Boot Option.
+ User can edit description, file path, and optional_data.
+
+Edit Boot Option
+ Edit the existing UEFI Boot Option
+ User can edit description, file path, and optional_data.
+
+Change Boot Order
+ Change the order of UEFI BootOrder variable.
+
+Delete Boot Option
+ Delete the UEFI Boot Option
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The "eficonfig" command is enabled by::
+
+ CONFIG_CMD_EFICONFIG=y
+
+If CONFIG_BOOTMENU_DISABLE_UBOOT_CONSOLE is enabled, user can not enter
+U-Boot console. In this case, bootmenu can be used to invoke "eficonfig"::
+
+ CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
+ CONFIG_PREBOOT="setenv bootmenu_0 UEFI Maintenance Menu=eficonfig"
The following question is about the bootmenu command itself and beyond
the scope of this series:
It seems that bootmenu can only handle bootmenu_## variables correctly
if they are consecutively numbered from 0. Wouldn't it be preferable to
be able to define a variable bootmenu_98 that is placed at the end?
Best regards
Heinrich
+
+How to boot the system with newly added UEFI Boot Option
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+"eficonfig" command is responsible for configuring the UEFI variables,
+not directly handle the system boot.
+The new Boot Option added by "eficonfig" is appended at the last entry
+of UEFI BootOrder variable, user may want to change the boot order
+through "Change Boot Order".
+If the bootmenu is enabled, CONFIG_BOOTMENU_DISABLE_UBOOT_CONSOLE is enabled,
+and "eficonfig" is configured as preboot command, the newly added Boot Options
+are enumerated in the bootmenu when user exits from the eficonfig menu.
+User may select the entry in the bootmenu to boot the system, or follow
+the U-Boot configuration the system already has.
+
+Auto boot with the UEFI Boot Option
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+To do auto boot according to the UEFI BootOrder variable,
+add "bootefi bootmgr" entry as a default or first bootmenu entry::
+
+ CONFIG_PREBOOT="setenv bootmenu_0 UEFI Boot Manager=bootefi bootmgr; setenv
bootmenu_1 UEFI Maintenance Menu=eficonfig"
+
+See also
+--------
+* :doc:`bootmenu<bootmenu>` provides a simple mechanism for creating menus
with different boot items
diff --git a/doc/usage/index.rst b/doc/usage/index.rst
index 28f9683a3e..09f2928970 100644
--- a/doc/usage/index.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/index.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Shell commands
cmd/conitrace
cmd/dm
cmd/echo
+ cmd/eficonfig
cmd/env
cmd/event
cmd/exception
