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diff --git a/doc/develop/spl.rst b/doc/develop/spl.rst index a1515a7..76e87f0 100644 --- a/doc/develop/spl.rst +++ b/doc/develop/spl.rst @@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ To check whether a feature is enabled, use CONFIG_IS_ENABLED():: This checks CONFIG_CLK for the main build, CONFIG_SPL_CLK for the SPL build, CONFIG_TPL_CLK for the TPL build, etc. -U-Boot Phases -------------- +U-Boot Boot Phases +------------------ -U-Boot boots through the following phases: +U-Boot goes through the following boot phases where TPL, VPL, SPL are optional. +While many boards use SPL, less use TPL. TPL Very early init, as tiny as possible. This loads SPL (or VPL if enabled). @@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ SPL U-Boot U-Boot proper, containing the command line and boot logic. +Further usages of U-Boot SPL comprise: + +* Launching BL31 of ARM Trusted Firmware which invokes main U-Boot as BL33 +* launching EDK II +* launching Linux kernel +* launching RISC-V OpenSBI which invokes main U-Boot Checking the boot phase ----------------------- |