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authorTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2023-08-29 10:06:08 -0400
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2023-08-29 10:06:08 -0400
commit0fe0395922d859730eb7ddfcff6ed8d3ac4b2937 (patch)
tree0249ca6a72069c709655a636fff70a931e5aa355 /doc/develop
parent6a1d3f64c201ed3f6df819cfcf08154b6ec1c02e (diff)
parentc91feda87ce33c81acc51cc4bf69d613c4fe89de (diff)
downloadu-boot-kii-pro-master.tar.gz
Merge branch '2023-08-28-assorted-important-fixes'HEADmaster
- A few platform-specific config/dts updates to fix issues, drop a temporary change in binman, update the MAINTAINERS file to remove Wolfgang Denk, fix a typo, fix a corner case with bootstd, update Azure to not timeout so easily, and fix a case where we would omit some files in SPL.
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@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ above bootdev scanning.
Controlling ordering
--------------------
+By default, faster bootdevs (or those which are assumed to be faster) are used
+first, since they are more likely to be able to boot the device quickly.
+
Several options are available to control the ordering of boot scanning:
@@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ bootdevs and their sequence numbers.
bootmeths
~~~~~~~~~
+By default bootmeths are checked in name order. Use `bootmeth list` to see the
+ordering. Note that the `extlinux` and `script` bootmeth is first, to preserve the behaviour
+used by the old distro scripts.
+
This environment variable can be used to control the list of bootmeths used and
their ordering for example::
@@ -164,7 +171,6 @@ controlled by aliases.
The :ref:`usage/cmd/bootmeth:bootmeth command` (`bootmeth order`) operates in
the same way as setting this variable.
-
Bootdev uclass
--------------