[PATCH v2] Documentation: spell out what TLV actually means

[PATCH v2] Documentation: spell out what TLV actually means

[Robert Schwebel]

"barebox TLV" is used in many places, but the acronym is not explained
anywhere. Spell out what it actually stands for.

Signed-off-by: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>
---
 Documentation/user/barebox-tlv.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/user/barebox-tlv.rst b/Documentation/user/barebox-tlv.rst
index 1c1abfb43a..adade8a29b 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/barebox-tlv.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/barebox-tlv.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 barebox TLV - Non-Volatile Factory Data Storage
 ===============================================
 
-barebox TLV is a system to store and retrieve a device's (read-only)
-meta-data from non-volatile memory.
+barebox TLV ("Tag Length Value" format) is a system to store and
+retrieve a device's (read-only) meta-data from non-volatile memory.
 It is intended to handle information that are usually only set in
 the factory - like serial number, MAC-addresses, analog calibration
 data, etc.
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: spell out what TLV actually means

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:34:45 +0100, Robert Schwebel wrote:
> "barebox TLV" is used in many places, but the acronym is not explained
> anywhere. Spell out what it actually stands for.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] Documentation: spell out what TLV actually means
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=bd5ec20eadc9 (link may not be stable)

Best regards,
-- 
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>