Re: [PATCH RESEND] efi_stub: update documentation on dtb= parameter

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Sun Sep 09 2018 - 16:49:58 EST


On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 19:29:27 +0100
Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The dtb= parameter is no longer the primary mechanism for providing a
> devicetree to the kernel. Now either firmware or the boot selector (ex.
> Grub) should provide the devicetree and dtb= should only be used for
> debug or when using firmware that doesn't understand DT.
> Update the EFI stub documentation to reflect the current usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

jon