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[karo-tx-uboot.git] / doc / README.android-fastboot

diff --git a/doc/README.android-fastboot b/doc/README.android-fastboot
index f1d128caa96e05c70d6d2f7b58c18d5ad6bcd939..04411e98bc935476422027293704bd3643b1e3a8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.android-fastboot
+++ b/doc/README.android-fastboot
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Overview
 The protocol that is used over USB is described in
 README.android-fastboot-protocol in same directory.
 
-The current implementation does not yet support the flash and erase
-commands.
+The current implementation is a minimal support of the erase command,the
+"oem format" command and flash command;it only supports eMMC devices.
 
 Client installation
 ===================
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ CONFIG_G_DNL_VENDOR_NUM
 CONFIG_G_DNL_PRODUCT_NUM
 CONFIG_G_DNL_MANUFACTURER
 
+NOTE: The CONFIG_G_DNL_VENDOR_NUM must be one of the numbers supported by
+the fastboot client. The list of vendor IDs supported can be found in the
+fastboot client source code (fastboot.c) mentioned above.
+
 The fastboot function is enabled by defining CONFIG_CMD_FASTBOOT and
 CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE.
 
@@ -46,6 +50,15 @@ buffer should be as large as possible for a platform. The location of the
 buffer and size are set with CONFIG_USB_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR and
 CONFIG_USB_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE.
 
+Fastboot partition aliases can also be defined for devices where GPT
+limitations prevent user-friendly partition names such as "boot", "system"
+and "cache".  Or, where the actual partition name doesn't match a standard
+partition name used commonly with fastboot.  Current implentation checks
+aliases when accessing partitions by name (flash_write and erase functions).
+To define a partition alias add an environment variable similar to:
+fastboot_partition_alias_<alias partition name>=<actual partition name>
+Example: fastboot_partition_alias_boot=LNX
+
 In Action
 =========
 Enter into fastboot by executing the fastboot command in u-boot and you