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diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst index 9fc7ebf0ab..29d8215a0c 100644 --- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst +++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ scanning bootdevs, each bootmeth is tried in turn to see if it can find a valid bootflow. You can use this command to adjust the order or even to omit some boomeths. -The argument is a quoted list of bootmeths to use, by name. +The argument is a quoted list of bootmeths to use, by name. If global bootmeths +are included, they must be at the end, otherwise the scanning mechanism will not +work correctly. bootmeth list @@ -47,14 +49,15 @@ Order Seq Name Description 1 1 efi EFI boot from an .efi file 2 2 pxe PXE boot from a network device 3 3 sandbox Sandbox boot for testing - 4 4 efi_mgr EFI bootmgr flow + glob 4 efi_mgr EFI bootmgr flow ===== === ================== ================================= The fields are as follows: Order: The order in which these bootmeths are invoked for each bootdev. If this - shows as a hyphen, then the bootmeth is not in the current ordering. + shows as a hyphen, then the bootmeth is not in the current ordering. If it + shows as 'glob', then this is a global bootmeth and should be at the end. Seq: The sequence number of the bootmeth, i.e. the normal ordering if none is set |