From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"François Ozog" <francois.ozog@linaro.org>,
"Ilias Apalodimas" <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
"Heinrich Schuchardt" <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] docs: admin-guide: fdt and initrd load in EFI stub
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 19:11:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201002171112.22738-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de> (raw)
Describe how a device tree and an initial RAM disk can be passed to the EFI
Boot Stub.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
index 833edb0d0bc4..86f50a33884c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ arch/arm/boot/zImage should be copied to the system partition, and it
may not need to be renamed. Similarly for arm64, arch/arm64/boot/Image
should be copied but not necessarily renamed.
+Passing an initial RAM disk to the EFI Boot Stub
+------------------------------------------------
+
+The following means sorted by decreasing priority can be used to provide an
+initial RAM disk to the EFI Boot Stub:
+
+* The firmware may provide a UEFI Load File 2 Protocol. The stub will try to
+ load the RAM disk by calling the LoadFile() service of the protocol using
+ a vendor device path with the vendor GUID
+ 5568e427-0x68fc-4f3d-ac74-ca555231cc68.
+* Next the EFI stub will try to load the file indicated by the "initrd=" command
+ line parameter.
+* The prior boot stage may pass the location of the initial RAM disk via the
+ "linux,initrd-start" and "linux,initrd-end" properties of the "/chosen" node
+ of the device-tree.
+
+The first two items are inhibited by the "noinitrd" command line parameter.
+
+Passing a device-tree to the EFI Boot Stub
+------------------------------------------
+
+A device-tree can be passed to the EFI Boot Stub in decreasing priority using
+
+* command line option dtb=
+* a UEFI configuration table with GUID b1b621d5-f19c-41a5-830b-d9152c69aae0.
+
+The command line option is only available if CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER=y
+and secure boot is disabled.
Passing kernel parameters from the EFI shell
--------------------------------------------
@@ -46,6 +74,10 @@ Arguments to the kernel can be passed after bzImage.efi, e.g.::
fs0:> bzImage.efi console=ttyS0 root=/dev/sda4
+The "noinitrd" option
+---------------------
+
+The "noinitrd" option stops the EFI stub from loading an initial RAM disk.
The "initrd=" option
--------------------
@@ -98,3 +130,6 @@ CONFIGURATION TABLE.
"dtb=" is processed in the same manner as the "initrd=" option that is
described above.
+
+This option is only available if CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER=y and secure
+boot is disabled.
--
2.28.0
next reply other threads:[~2020-10-02 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-02 17:11 Heinrich Schuchardt [this message]
2020-10-02 17:21 ` [PATCH 1/1] docs: admin-guide: fdt and initrd load in EFI stub Ard Biesheuvel
2020-10-02 17:50 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-02 19:14 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-02 19:21 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-10-02 20:04 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-02 23:26 ` Atish Patra
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