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17
18U-boot provides a set of interfaces for creating and using simple, text
19based menus. Menus are displayed as lists of labeled entries on the
20console, and an entry can be selected by entering its label.
21
22To use the menu code, enable CONFIG_MENU, and include "menu.h" where
23the interfaces should be available.
24
25Menus are composed of items. Each item has a key used to identify it in
26the menu, and an opaque pointer to data controlled by the consumer.
27
28If you want to show a menu, instead starting the shell, define
29CONFIG_MENU_SHOW. You have to code the int menu_show(int bootdelay)
30function, which handle your menu. This function returns the remaining
31bootdelay.
32
33Interfaces
34----------
35#include "menu.h"
36
37/*
38 * Consumers of the menu interfaces will use a struct menu * as the
39 * handle for a menu. struct menu is only fully defined in menu.c,
40 * preventing consumers of the menu interfaces from accessing its
41 * contents directly.
42 */
43struct menu;
44
45/*
46 * NOTE: See comments in common/menu.c for more detailed documentation on
47 * these interfaces.
48 */
49
50/*
51 * menu_create() - Creates a menu handle with default settings
52 */
53struct menu *menu_create(char *title, int timeout, int prompt,
54				void (*item_data_print)(void *));
55
56/*
57 * menu_item_add() - Adds or replaces a menu item
58 */
59int menu_item_add(struct menu *m, char *item_key, void *item_data);
60
61/*
62 * menu_default_set() - Sets the default choice for the menu
63 */
64int menu_default_set(struct menu *m, char *item_key);
65
66/*
67 * menu_get_choice() - Returns the user's selected menu entry, or the
68 * default if the menu is set to not prompt or the timeout expires.
69 */
70int menu_get_choice(struct menu *m, void **choice);
71
72/*
73 * menu_destroy() - frees the memory used by a menu and its items.
74 */
75int menu_destroy(struct menu *m);
76
77/*
78 * menu_display_statusline(struct menu *m);
79 * shows a statusline for every menu_display call.
80 */
81void menu_display_statusline(struct menu *m);
82
83Example Code
84------------
85This example creates a menu that always prompts, and allows the user
86to pick from a list of tools.  The item key and data are the same.
87
88#include "menu.h"
89
90char *tools[] = {
91	"Hammer",
92	"Screwdriver",
93	"Nail gun",
94	NULL
95};
96
97char *pick_a_tool(void)
98{
99	struct menu *m;
100	int i;
101	char *tool = NULL;
102
103	m = menu_create("Tools", 0, 1, NULL);
104
105	for(i = 0; tools[i]; i++) {
106		if (menu_item_add(m, tools[i], tools[i]) != 1) {
107			printf("failed to add item!");
108			menu_destroy(m);
109			return NULL;
110		}
111	}
112
113	if (menu_get_choice(m, (void **)&tool) != 1)
114		printf("Problem picking tool!\n");
115
116	menu_destroy(m);
117
118	return tool;
119}
120
121void caller(void)
122{
123	char *tool = pick_a_tool();
124
125	if (tool) {
126		printf("picked a tool: %s\n", tool);
127		use_tool(tool);
128	}
129}
130