[Skiboot] [PATCH 003/110] doc/overview: flesh out overview

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Fri May 31 16:28:04 AEST 2019


Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>

On 31/5/19 4:12 pm, Stewart Smith wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stewart Smith <stewart at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   doc/overview.rst | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/overview.rst b/doc/overview.rst
> index 63667013e447..3895f67f6edf 100644
> --- a/doc/overview.rst
> +++ b/doc/overview.rst
> @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
>   Skiboot overview
>   ================
>   
> -Skiboot is firmware, loaded by the FSP. Along with loading the bootloader,
> -it provides some runtime services to the OS (typically Linux).
> +Skiboot is boot and runtime firmware for OpenPOWER systems.
> +It's loaded by earlier boot firmware (typically Hostboot).
> +Along with loading the bootloader, it provides some runtime
> +services to the OS (typically Linux).
>   
>   Source layout
>   -------------
> 

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com             IBM Australia Limited



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