grub2: move usage notes to package readme.txt

As discussed in the mailing list, grub2 usage notes were growing too big
for a Config.in documentation, and so it was agreed that a readme.txt in
the package directory is a better place to put them.

This commit simply moves the documentation as-is to preserve the
original contents as they were in Config.in which can be worked on in
further commits.

Signed-off-by: Erico Nunes <nunes.erico@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>

diff --git a/boot/grub2/Config.in b/boot/grub2/Config.in
index 74f0e79076641aa5174d14cdb511fa3776e9ab5d..9a61b3b63366c3921d6f914d847e70a1682842c1 100644 (file)
--- a/boot/grub2/Config.in
+++ b/boot/grub2/Config.in
@@ -17,104 +17,8 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GRUB2
          Amongst others, GRUB2 offers EFI support, which GRUB Legacy
          doesn't provide.
 
-         Notes on using Grub2 for BIOS-based platforms
-         =============================================
-
-         1. Create a disk image
-            dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.img bs=1M count=32
-         2. Partition it (either legacy or GPT style partitions work)
-            cfdisk disk.img
-             - Create one partition, type Linux, for the root
-               filesystem. The only constraint is to make sure there
-               is enough free space *before* the first partition to
-               store Grub2. Leaving 1 MB of free space is safe.
-         3. Setup loop device and loop partitions
-            sudo losetup -f disk.img
-            sudo partx -a /dev/loop0
-         4. Prepare the root partition
-            sudo mkfs.ext3 -L root /dev/loop0p1
-            sudo mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt
-            sudo tar -C /mnt -xf output/images/rootfs.tar
-            sudo umount /mnt
-         5. Install Grub2
-            sudo ./output/host/sbin/grub-bios-setup \
-                       -b ./output/host/lib/grub/i386-pc/boot.img \
-                       -c ./output/images/grub.img -d . /dev/loop0
-         6. Cleanup loop device
-            sudo partx -d /dev/loop0
-            sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
-         7. Your disk.img is ready!
-
-         Using genimage
-         --------------
-
-         If you use genimage to generate your complete image,
-         installing Grub can be tricky. Here is how to achieve Grub's
-         installation with genimage:
-
-         partition boot {
-             in-partition-table = "no"
-             image = "path_to_boot.img"
-             offset = 0
-             size = 512
-         }
-         partition grub {
-             in-partition-table = "no"
-             image = "path_to_grub.img"
-             offset = 512
-         }
-
-         The result is not byte to byte identical to what
-         grub-bios-setup does but it works anyway.
-
-         To test your BIOS image in Qemu
-         -------------------------------
-
-         qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -hda disk.img
-
-         Notes on using Grub2 for EFI-based platforms
-         ============================================
-
-         1. Create a disk image
-            dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.img bs=1M count=32
-         2. Partition it with GPT partitions
-            cgdisk disk.img
-             - Create a first partition, type EF00, for the
-               bootloader and kernel image
-             - Create a second partition, type 8300, for the root
-               filesystem.
-         3. Setup loop device and loop partitions
-            sudo losetup -f disk.img
-            sudo partx -a /dev/loop0
-         4. Prepare the boot partition
-            sudo mkfs.vfat -n boot /dev/loop0p1
-            sudo mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt
-            sudo cp -a output/images/efi-part/* /mnt/
-            sudo cp output/images/bzImage /mnt/
-            sudo umount /mnt
-         5. Prepare the root partition
-            sudo mkfs.ext3 -L root /dev/loop0p2
-            sudo mount /dev/loop0p2 /mnt
-            sudo tar -C /mnt -xf output/images/rootfs.tar
-            sudo umount /mnt
-         6  Cleanup loop device
-            sudo partx -d /dev/loop0
-            sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
-         7. Your disk.img is ready!
-
-         To test your EFI image in Qemu
-         ------------------------------
-
-         1. Download the EFI BIOS for Qemu
-            Version IA32 or X64 depending on the chosen Grub2
-            platform (i386-efi vs. x86-64-efi)
-            http://sourceforge.net/projects/edk2/files/OVMF/
-         2. Extract, and rename OVMF.fd to bios.bin and
-            CirrusLogic5446.rom to vgabios-cirrus.bin.
-         3. qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -L ovmf-dir/ -hda disk.img
-         4. Make sure to pass pci=nocrs to the kernel command line,
-            to workaround a bug in the EFI BIOS regarding the
-            EFI framebuffer.
+         For additional notes on using Grub 2 with Buildroot, see
+         boot/grub2/readme.txt
 
          http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
 

diff --git a/boot/grub2/readme.txt b/boot/grub2/readme.txt
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..f6fd456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/grub2/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+Notes on using Grub2 for BIOS-based platforms
+=============================================
+
+1. Create a disk image
+   dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.img bs=1M count=32
+2. Partition it (either legacy or GPT style partitions work)
+   cfdisk disk.img
+    - Create one partition, type Linux, for the root
+      filesystem. The only constraint is to make sure there
+      is enough free space *before* the first partition to
+      store Grub2. Leaving 1 MB of free space is safe.
+3. Setup loop device and loop partitions
+   sudo losetup -f disk.img
+   sudo partx -a /dev/loop0
+4. Prepare the root partition
+   sudo mkfs.ext3 -L root /dev/loop0p1
+   sudo mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt
+   sudo tar -C /mnt -xf output/images/rootfs.tar
+   sudo umount /mnt
+5. Install Grub2
+   sudo ./output/host/sbin/grub-bios-setup \
+        -b ./output/host/lib/grub/i386-pc/boot.img \
+        -c ./output/images/grub.img -d . /dev/loop0
+6. Cleanup loop device
+   sudo partx -d /dev/loop0
+   sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
+7. Your disk.img is ready!
+
+Using genimage
+--------------
+
+If you use genimage to generate your complete image,
+installing Grub can be tricky. Here is how to achieve Grub's
+installation with genimage:
+
+partition boot {
+    in-partition-table = "no"
+    image = "path_to_boot.img"
+    offset = 0
+    size = 512
+}
+partition grub {
+    in-partition-table = "no"
+    image = "path_to_grub.img"
+    offset = 512
+}
+
+The result is not byte to byte identical to what
+grub-bios-setup does but it works anyway.
+
+To test your BIOS image in Qemu
+-------------------------------
+
+qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -hda disk.img
+
+Notes on using Grub2 for EFI-based platforms
+============================================
+
+1. Create a disk image
+   dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.img bs=1M count=32
+2. Partition it with GPT partitions
+   cgdisk disk.img
+    - Create a first partition, type EF00, for the
+      bootloader and kernel image
+    - Create a second partition, type 8300, for the root
+      filesystem.
+3. Setup loop device and loop partitions
+   sudo losetup -f disk.img
+   sudo partx -a /dev/loop0
+4. Prepare the boot partition
+   sudo mkfs.vfat -n boot /dev/loop0p1
+   sudo mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt
+   sudo cp -a output/images/efi-part/* /mnt/
+   sudo cp output/images/bzImage /mnt/
+   sudo umount /mnt
+5. Prepare the root partition
+   sudo mkfs.ext3 -L root /dev/loop0p2
+   sudo mount /dev/loop0p2 /mnt
+   sudo tar -C /mnt -xf output/images/rootfs.tar
+   sudo umount /mnt
+6  Cleanup loop device
+   sudo partx -d /dev/loop0
+   sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0
+7. Your disk.img is ready!
+
+To test your EFI image in Qemu
+------------------------------
+
+1. Download the EFI BIOS for Qemu
+   Version IA32 or X64 depending on the chosen Grub2
+   platform (i386-efi vs. x86-64-efi)
+   http://sourceforge.net/projects/edk2/files/OVMF/
+2. Extract, and rename OVMF.fd to bios.bin and
+   CirrusLogic5446.rom to vgabios-cirrus.bin.
+3. qemu-system-{i386,x86-64} -L ovmf-dir/ -hda disk.img
+4. Make sure to pass pci=nocrs to the kernel command line,
+   to workaround a bug in the EFI BIOS regarding the
+   EFI framebuffer.