Prepare v2015.07-rc2

[karo-tx-uboot.git] / doc / README.silent

diff --git a/doc/README.silent b/doc/README.silent
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--- a/doc/README.silent
+++ b/doc/README.silent
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 The config option CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE can be used to quiet messages
 on the console.  If the option has been enabled, the output can be
-silenced by setting the environment variable "silent".  The variable
-is latched into the global data at an early stage in the boot process
-so deleting it with "setenv" will not take effect until the system is
-restarted.
+silenced by setting the environment variable "silent".
+
+- CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_SET
+       When the "silent" variable is changed with env set, the change
+       will take effect immediately.
+
+- CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE_UPDATE_ON_RELOC
+       Some environments are not available until relocation (e.g. NAND)
+       so this will make the value in the flash env take effect at
+       relocation.
 
 The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:
 
@@ -17,4 +23,6 @@ The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:
 
  - When booting a linux kernel, the "bootargs" are fixed up so that
    the argument "console=" will be in the command line, no matter how
-   it was set in "bootargs" before.
+   it was set in "bootargs" before. If you don't want the linux command
+   line to be affected, define CONFIG_SILENT_U_BOOT_ONLY in your board
+   config file as well, and this part of the feature will be disabled.