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diff --git a/doc/uefi/uefi.rst b/doc/uefi/uefi.rst index dc930d9240..5a67737c15 100644 --- a/doc/uefi/uefi.rst +++ b/doc/uefi/uefi.rst @@ -59,13 +59,10 @@ Below you find the output of an example session starting GRUB:: 120832 bytes read in 7 ms (16.5 MiB/s) => bootefi ${kernel_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r} -The bootefi command uses the device, the file name, and the file size -(environment variable 'filesize') of the most recently loaded file when setting -up the binary for execution. So the UEFI binary should be loaded last. - -The environment variable 'bootargs' is passed as load options in the UEFI system -table. The Linux kernel EFI stub uses the load options as command line -arguments. +When booting from a memory location it is unknown from which file it was loaded. +Therefore the bootefi command uses the device path of the block device partition +or the network adapter and the file name of the most recently loaded PE-COFF +file when setting up the loaded image protocol. Launching a UEFI binary from a FIT image ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |