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[5/5] arm64: Add the introduction of multiboot/module command

Message ID 54931981.5050707@linaro.org
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Fu Wei Fu Dec. 18, 2014, 6:14 p.m. UTC 
in docs/grub.texi

Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
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 docs/grub.texi | 10 ++++++++++
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diff --git a/docs/grub.texi b/docs/grub.texi
index 46b9e7f..f903413 100644
--- a/docs/grub.texi
+++ b/docs/grub.texi
@@ -4512,6 +4512,14 @@  Alias for @code{hashsum --hash md5 arg @dots{}}. See command @command{hashsum}
 @deffn Command module [--nounzip] file [arguments]
 Load a module for multiboot kernel image.  The rest of the
 line is passed verbatim as the module command line.
+Platforms that use the Xen fdt multiboot protocol differ in the following way:
+
+- The --nounzip option is not supported.
+
+- There is a [--type <compatible stream>] option to override default
+compatible string for the current module.
+See @uref{http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions/Multiboot},
+ to obtain more information.
 @end deffn
 
 @node multiboot
@@ -4523,6 +4531,8 @@  line is passed verbatim as the @dfn{kernel command-line}.  Any module must
 be reloaded after using this command (@pxref{module}).
 
 Some kernels have known problems. You need to specify --quirk-* for those.
+Platforms that use the Xen fdt multiboot protocol do not support --quirk-*.
+
 --quirk-bad-kludge is a problem seen in several products that they include
 loading kludge information with invalid data in ELF file. GRUB prior to 0.97
 and some custom builds prefered ELF information while 0.97 and GRUB 2