From: Lars Schmidt <l.schmidt@pengutronix.de>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: Lars Schmidt <l.schmidt@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation: migration-2025.08.0: add information about attempts_locked
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:06:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250616-bootchooser-lock-v2-4-df1f0d118635@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250616-bootchooser-lock-v2-0-df1f0d118635@pengutronix.de>
Document the newly added feature.
Signed-off-by: Lars Schmidt <l.schmidt@pengutronix.de>
---
Documentation/migration-guides/migration-2025.08.0.rst | 5 +++++
Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst | 3 +++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/migration-guides/migration-2025.08.0.rst b/Documentation/migration-guides/migration-2025.08.0.rst
index d13d5c770d5e7688e0299184b0b8b938db160fca..da60132e7d8c784b08a43c8032ee7e4dc7cb7991 100644
--- a/Documentation/migration-guides/migration-2025.08.0.rst
+++ b/Documentation/migration-guides/migration-2025.08.0.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
Release v2025.08.0
==================
+Bootchooser
+-----------
+
+Bootchooser now interprets a top-level ``attempts_locked`` variable.
+For more information, see :ref:`attempts lock feature <bootchooser,attempts_lock>`
diff --git a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
index ab0b6c3fc895226f5aa4590944a2cd675a56d985..d123e8d34e63fcfb6a725cbe1aeca40a7dbbeb87 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/bootchooser.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ no remaining attempts left.
To prevent ending up in an unbootable system after a number of failed boot
attempts, there is also a built-in mechanism to reset the counters to their defaults,
controlled by the ``global.bootchooser.reset_attempts`` variable.
+
+.. _bootchooser,attempts_lock:
+
Alternatively, counting down the remaining attempts can be disabled by
locking bootchooser boot attempts.
This is done by defining a (32-bit) ``attempts_locked`` variable in the
--
2.39.5
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-16 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-16 15:06 [PATCH v2 0/4] Add boot slot locking to bootchooser Lars Schmidt
2025-06-16 15:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] bootchooser: implement locking of attempts counter Lars Schmidt
2025-06-16 15:31 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-06-16 15:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] bootchooser: extend cmd tool by option to set attempts_locked Lars Schmidt
2025-06-16 15:33 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-06-16 15:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation: bootchooser: add information about attempts_locked Lars Schmidt
2025-06-16 15:34 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-06-17 8:42 ` Sascha Hauer
2025-06-17 9:00 ` Lars Schmidt
2025-06-17 9:42 ` Sascha Hauer
2025-06-16 15:06 ` Lars Schmidt [this message]
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