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Subject[PATCH] um: Document dtb command line option
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From: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>

Add documentation for the dtb command line option and the
ability to load/parse device trees.

Signed-off-by: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
---
.../virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst
index 2cafd3c3c6cb..81986fe014d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux_howto_v2.rst
@@ -1189,6 +1189,26 @@ E.g. ``os_close_file()`` is just a wrapper around ``close()``
which ensures that the userspace function close does not clash
with similarly named function(s) in the kernel part.

+Using UML as a Test Platform
+============================
+
+UML is an excellent test platform for device driver development. As
+with most things UML, "some user assembly may be required". It is
+up to the user to build their emulation environment. UML at present
+provides only the kernel infrastructure.
+
+Part of this infrastructure is the ability to load and parse fdt
+device tree blobs as used in Arm or Open Firmware platforms. These
+are supplied as an optional extra argument to the kernel command
+line::
+
+ dtb=filename
+
+The device tree is loaded and parsed at boottime and is accessible by
+drivers which query it. At this moment in time this facility is
+intended solely for development purposes. UML's own devices do not
+query the device tree.
+
Security Considerations
-----------------------

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