From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, Atish Patra <atishp@atishpatra.org>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: admin-guide: EFI stub to main Linux handoff
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 08:37:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201003063725.8698-3-xypron.glpk@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201003063725.8698-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Describe the handoff from the EFI stub to the main Linux kernel.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
---
v2:
new patch
---
Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
index 4965dec48af4..669602ff4515 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/efi-stub.rst
@@ -133,3 +133,15 @@ described above.
This option is only available if CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER=y and secure
boot is disabled.
+
+Handoff to main Linux kernel
+----------------------------
+
+Currently the EFI stub enters the main Linux kernel via the same entry points
+that are used when booting without UEFI. This might change in future versions.
+For a description of these entry points see:
+
+* for arm :doc:`/arm/booting`
+* for arm64 :doc:`/arm64/booting`
+* for riscv :doc:`/riscv/index`
+* for x86 :doc:`/x86/boot`
--
2.28.0
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-03 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-03 6:37 [PATCH v2 0/2] docs: admin-guide: EFI Boot Stub Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-03 6:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: admin-guide: fdt and initrd load in EFI stub Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-03 7:34 ` Atish Patra
2020-10-03 8:28 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2020-10-03 17:16 ` Atish Patra
2020-10-03 6:37 ` Heinrich Schuchardt [this message]
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