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From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH master 4/5] Documentation: x86: note EFI support
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:29:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201020032937.10132-4-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201020032937.10132-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Most users are better served by using the EFI support. Add an info box
to nudge them into the correct direction.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
 Documentation/boards/x86.rst | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/boards/x86.rst b/Documentation/boards/x86.rst
index 4514a766a216..c0d5a64b9d45 100644
--- a/Documentation/boards/x86.rst
+++ b/Documentation/boards/x86.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 x86
 ===
 
+.. note::
+   This is about legacy x86 PC boot, which is not as well supported as booting
+   under UEFI. Refer to :doc:`boards/efi.rst` for documentation on the barebox
+   EFI support.
+
 Features
 --------
 
-- 
2.28.0


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-20  3:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-20  3:29 [PATCH master 1/5] Documentation: smhfs: fix some typos Ahmad Fatoum
2020-10-20  3:29 ` [PATCH master 2/5] Documentation: boards: stm32mp: search engine optimization Ahmad Fatoum
2020-10-20  3:29 ` [PATCH master 3/5] Documentation: glossary: add some extra info Ahmad Fatoum
2020-10-20  3:29 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2020-10-20  3:29 ` [PATCH master 5/5] Documentation: aarch64-qemu-virt: note physical target support Ahmad Fatoum
2020-10-21  9:51 ` [PATCH master 1/5] Documentation: smhfs: fix some typos Sascha Hauer

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