From: Simon Glass Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:40:39 +0000 (-0600) Subject: expo: doc: Update documentation for persistent settings X-Git-Url: http://git.dujemihanovic.xyz/img/sics.gif?a=commitdiff_plain;h=84b08afcbb8f8b4402b940d87bf5822984eedb3d;p=u-boot.git expo: doc: Update documentation for persistent settings Add mention of persistent settings in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass --- diff --git a/doc/develop/cedit.rst b/doc/develop/cedit.rst index 8f0a554ae9..63dff9d3f1 100644 --- a/doc/develop/cedit.rst +++ b/doc/develop/cedit.rst @@ -152,3 +152,18 @@ Themes The configuration editor uses simple expo themes. The theme is read from `/bootstd/cedit-theme` in the devicetree. + + +Reading and writing settings +---------------------------- + +Cedit provides several options for persistent settings: + +- Writing an FDT file to a filesystem +- Writing to U-Boot's environment variables, which are then typically stored in + a persistent manner +- Writing to CMOS RAM registers (common on x86 machines) + +For now, reading and writing settings is not automatic. See the +:doc:`../usage/cmd/cedit` for how to do this on the command line or in a +script. diff --git a/doc/develop/expo.rst b/doc/develop/expo.rst index 61b6855c72..f13761995d 100644 --- a/doc/develop/expo.rst +++ b/doc/develop/expo.rst @@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ Some ideas for future work: - Support unicode - Support curses for proper serial-terminal menus - Add support for large menus which need to scroll -- Add support for reading and writing configuration settings with cedit - Update expo.py tool to check for overlapping names and CMOS locations .. Simon Glass