Add a sentence about bootconfig override operator (":=") to
bootconfig.rst.Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org> --- Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst index d6b3b77a4129..a22024f9175e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst @@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ For example,:: foo = bar, baz foo = qux # !ERROR! we can not re-define same key +If you want to update the value, you must use the override operator +``:=`` explicitly. For example:: + + foo = bar, baz + foo := qux + +then, the ``qux`` is assigned to ``foo`` key. This is useful for +overriding the default value by adding (partial) custom bootconfigs +without parsing the default bootconfig. + If you want to append the value to existing key as an array member, you can use ``+=`` operator. For example:: @@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ For example, following config is NOT allowed.:: foo = value1 foo.bar = value2 # !ERROR! subkey "bar" and value "value1" can NOT co-exist + foo.bar := value2 # !ERROR! even with the override operator, this is NOT allowed. Comments
