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Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: document fdtdump command


From: Daniel Kiper
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: document fdtdump command
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:05:17 +0200
User-agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2)

On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 01:12:29PM +0200, Tobias Heider wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Heider <tobias.heider@canonical.com>
> ---
>  docs/grub.texi | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
> index f3bdc2564..a050dc0fc 100644
> --- a/docs/grub.texi
> +++ b/docs/grub.texi
> @@ -4373,6 +4373,7 @@ you forget a command, you can run the command 
> @command{help}
>  * eval::                        Evaluate agruments as GRUB commands
>  * export::                      Export an environment variable
>  * false::                       Do nothing, unsuccessfully
> +* fdtdump::                     Retrieve device tree information
>  * fwsetup::                     Reboot into the firmware setup menu
>  * gdbinfo::                     Provide info for debugging with GDB
>  * gettext::                     Translate a string
> @@ -4904,6 +4905,31 @@ such as @code{if} and @code{while} (@pxref{Shell-like 
> scripting}).
>  @end deffn
>
>
> +@node fdtdump
> +@subsection fdtdump
> +
> +@deffn Command fdtdump @
> + [@option{--prop} @var{prop}] @
> + [@option{--set} @var{variable}]
> +Retrieve device tree information.
> +
> +The @command{fdtdump} command returns the value of a property in the device
> +tree provided by the firmware.  The @option{--prop} option determines which
> +property to select.
> +
> +The default action is to print the value of the requested field to the 
> console,
> +but a variable name can be specified with @option{--set} to store the value
> +instead of printing it.
> +
> +For example, this will store and then display the model string.
> +
> +@example
> +fdtdump --prop model --set machine_model
> +echo $machine_model
> +@end example
> +@end deffn

Please merge the doc update with patch #1.

Daniel



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