Merge tag 'dm-pull-22aug20' of https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-dm

[platform/kernel/u-boot.git] / doc / README.silent

diff --git a/doc/README.silent b/doc/README.silent
index 70202ce..00288e0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.silent
+++ b/doc/README.silent
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ The following actions are taken if "silent" is set at boot time:
  - When the console devices have been initialized, "stdout" and
    "stderr" are set to "nulldev", so subsequent messages are
    suppressed automatically. Make sure to enable "nulldev" by
-   #defining CONFIG_SYS_DEVICE_NULLDEV in your board config file.
+   enabling CONFIG_SYS_DEVICE_NULLDEV in your board defconfig file.
 
  - 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.