+partition name used commonly with fastboot.
+
+The current implementation checks aliases when accessing partitions by
+name (flash_write and erase functions). To define a partition alias
+add an environment variable similar to:
+
+``fastboot_partition_alias_<alias partition name>=<actual partition name>``
+
+for example:
+
+``fastboot_partition_alias_boot=LNX``
+
+Variable overrides
+------------------
+
+Variables retrived through ``getvar`` can be overridden by defining
+environment variables of the form ``fastboot.<variable>``. These are
+looked up first so can be used to override values which would
+otherwise be returned. Using this mechanism you can also return types
+for NAND filesystems, as the fully parameterised variable is looked
+up, e.g.
+
+``fastboot.partition-type:boot=jffs2``
+
+Boot command
+------------
+
+When executing the fastboot ``boot`` command, if ``fastboot_bootcmd`` is set then
+that will be executed in place of ``bootm <CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR>``.
+
+Partition Names
+===============
+
+The Fastboot implementation in U-Boot allows to write images into disk
+partitions. Target partitions are referred on the host computer by
+their names.
+
+For GPT/EFI the respective partition name is used.
+
+For MBR the partitions are referred by generic names according to the
+following schema:
+
+ <device type><device index letter><partition index>
+
+Example: ``hda3``, ``sdb1``, ``usbda1``
+
+The device type is as follows:
+
+ * IDE, ATAPI and SATA disks: ``hd``
+ * SCSI disks: ``sd``
+ * USB media: ``usbd``
+ * MMC and SD cards: ``mmcsd``
+ * Disk on chip: ``docd``
+ * other: ``xx``
+
+The device index starts from ``a`` and refers to the interface (e.g. USB
+controller, SD/MMC controller) or disk index. The partition index starts
+from ``1`` and describes the partition number on the particular device.
+
+Writing Partition Table
+=======================
+
+Fastboot also allows to write the partition table to the media. This can be
+done by writing the respective partition table image to a special target
+"gpt" or "mbr". These names can be customized by defining the following
+configuration options:
+
+::
+
+ CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME
+ CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME