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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
2
3.. _u-boot_doc:
4
5The U-Boot Documentation
6========================
7
8This is the top level of the U-Boot's documentation tree.  U-Boot
9documentation, like the U-Boot itself, is very much a work in progress;
10that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
11documents into a coherent whole.  Please note that improvements to the
12documentation are welcome; join the U-Boot list at http://lists.denx.de
13if you want to help out.
14
15.. toctree::
16   :maxdepth: 2
17
18User-oriented documentation
19---------------------------
20
21The following manuals are written for *users* of the U-Boot - those who are
22trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
23
24.. toctree::
25   :maxdepth: 2
26
27   build/index
28
29Unified Extensible Firmware (UEFI)
30----------------------------------
31
32U-Boot provides an implementation of the UEFI API allowing to run UEFI
33compliant software like Linux, GRUB, and iPXE. Furthermore U-Boot itself
34can be run an UEFI payload.
35
36.. toctree::
37   :maxdepth: 2
38
39   uefi/index
40
41Driver-Model documentation
42--------------------------
43
44The following holds information on the U-Boot device driver framework:
45driver-model, including the design details of itself and several driver
46subsystems.
47
48.. toctree::
49   :maxdepth: 2
50
51   driver-model/index
52
53U-Boot API documentation
54------------------------
55
56These books get into the details of how specific U-Boot subsystems work
57from the point of view of a U-Boot developer.  Much of the information here
58is taken directly from the U-Boot source, with supplemental material added
59as needed (or at least as we managed to add it - probably *not* all that is
60needed).
61
62.. toctree::
63   :maxdepth: 2
64
65   api/index
66
67Architecture-specific doc
68-------------------------
69
70These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
71implementation.
72
73.. toctree::
74   :maxdepth: 2
75
76   arch/index
77
78Board-specific doc
79------------------
80
81These books provide details about board-specific information. They are
82organized in a vendor subdirectory.
83
84.. toctree::
85   :maxdepth: 2
86
87   board/index
88
89Indices and tables
90==================
91
92* :ref:`genindex`
93