Re: [PATCH 18/18] docs/system: Update documentation for s390x IPL

[Thomas Huth]

On 27/09/2024 02.51, jrossi@linux.ibm.com wrote:
> From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
>
> Update docs to show that s390x PC BIOS can support more than one boot device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
>
> ---
>   docs/system/bootindex.rst         | 7 ++++---
>   docs/system/s390x/bootdevices.rst | 9 ++++++---
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/bootindex.rst b/docs/system/bootindex.rst
> index 8b057f812f..142ae1a0a2 100644
> --- a/docs/system/bootindex.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/bootindex.rst
> @@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ Limitations
>   -----------
>   
>   Some firmware has limitations on which devices can be considered for
> -booting.  For instance, the PC BIOS boot specification allows only one
> -disk to be bootable.  If boot from disk fails for some reason, the BIOS
> +booting.  For instance, the x86 PC BIOS boot specification allows only one
> +disk to be bootable.  If boot from disk fails for some reason, the x86 BIOS
>   won't retry booting from other disk.  It can still try to boot from
> -floppy or net, though.
> +floppy or net, though. In the case of s390x PC BIOS, the BIOS will try up to
> +8 total devices, any number of which may be disks.

I'd just say "s390x BIOS" - or "s390x firmware", but using the term "PC" 
with s390x sounds wrong to me ;-)

 Thomas