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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt to reST
Date: Wed,  8 May 2019 23:21:36 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190508152141.8740-23-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190508152141.8740-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst            |  1 +
 .../x86/x86_64/{uefi.txt => uefi.rst}         | 30 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/x86/x86_64/{uefi.txt => uefi.rst} (79%)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
index a8cf7713cac9..ddfa1f9d4193 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/index.rst
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ x86_64 Support
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    boot-options
+   uefi
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
similarity index 79%
rename from Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
index a5e2b4fdb170..88c3ba32546f 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
 General note on [U]EFI x86_64 support
--------------------------------------
+=====================================
 
 The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
 
@@ -14,29 +17,42 @@ with EFI firmware and specifications are listed below.
 
 3. x86_64 platform with EFI/UEFI firmware.
 
-Mechanics:
+Mechanics
 ---------
-- Build the kernel with the following configuration.
+
+- Build the kernel with the following configuration::
+
 	CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
 	CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
+
   If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should
-  be selected.
+  be selected::
+
 	CONFIG_EFI=y
 	CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m		# optional
+
 - Create a VFAT partition on the disk
 - Copy the following to the VFAT partition:
+
 	elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file,
 	kernel image built in first step and corresponding
 	initrd. Instructions on building elilo	and its dependencies
 	can be found in the elilo sourceforge project.
+
 - Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built
   in first step.
 - If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following
   kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime
   services.
-	noefi		turn off all EFI runtime services
-	reboot_type=k	turn off EFI reboot runtime service
+
+	noefi
+		turn off all EFI runtime services
+	reboot_type=k
+		turn off EFI reboot runtime service
+
 - If the EFI memory map has additional entries not in the E820 map,
   you can include those entries in the kernels memory map of available
   physical RAM by using the following kernel command line parameter.
-	add_efi_memmap	include EFI memory map of available physical RAM
+
+	add_efi_memmap
+		include EFI memory map of available physical RAM
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-08 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-08 15:21 [PATCH v4 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 15:21 ` [PATCH v4 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
2019-05-08 20:40 ` [PATCH v4 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Jonathan Corbet

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