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authorWenbin Song <wenbin.song@nxp.com>2016-09-01 16:28:22 +0800
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2016-09-07 08:49:03 -0400
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pxe: Modify README to add the description about FIT image
Use environment variable "kernel_addr_r" to indicate the location in RAM where FIT image will be stored. Use label command "kernel" to indicate which <path> the FIT image at. Signed-off-by: Wenbin Song <wenbin.song@nxp.com>
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diff --git a/doc/README.pxe b/doc/README.pxe
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@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ pxe boot
address of the tftp server from which other files will be retrieved.
kernel_addr_r, initrd_addr_r - locations in RAM at which 'pxe boot' will
- store the kernel and initrd it retrieves from tftp. These locations will
- be passed to the bootm command to boot the kernel. These environment
- variables are required to be set.
+ store the kernel(or FIT image) and initrd it retrieves from tftp. These
+ locations will be passed to the bootm command to boot the kernel. These
+ environment variables are required to be set.
fdt_addr_r - location in RAM at which 'pxe boot' will store the fdt blob it
retrieves from tftp. The retrieval is possible if 'fdt' label is defined in
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ menu default - set this label as the default label to boot; this is
specified in a different way
kernel <path> - if this label is chosen, use tftp to retrieve the kernel
- at <path>. it will be stored at the address indicated in
- the kernel_addr_r environment variable, and that address
- will be passed to bootm to boot this kernel.
+ (or FIT image) at <path>. it will be stored at the address
+ indicated in the kernel_addr_r environment variable, and
+ that address will be passed to bootm to boot this kernel.
append <string> - use <string> as the kernel command line when booting this
label.