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Masami Hiramatsu a2de2f86ae lib/bootconfig: Add override operator support
Add the value override operator (":=") support to the bootconfig.

This value override operator will be useful for the bootloaders
which will only update the existing bootconfig according to the
bootloader boot options.

Without this override operator, the bootloader needs to parse
the existing bootconfig and update it. However, with this
assignment, it can just append the updated (partial) bootconfig
text at the tail of existing one without parsing it.
(Of course, it must update the size, checksum and magic,
 but that will be done easily)

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159482882954.126704.16209517125614438640.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2020-08-03 16:22:28 -04:00
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README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.