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+General information on boot logs
+================================
+To gather good boot logs, you must set the debug level to Spew.
+
+If your board uses CMOS configuration[1], you can do it like this:
+nvramtool -w debug_level=Spew
+
+Else you will need to have to set the default log level at compile
+time, to do that go in "Console  --->" in make menuconfig, then set
+"Default console log level" to SPEW
+
+Rereference:
+------------
+[1] in make menuconfig you should have: [*] Use CMOS for configuration values
+    This option is also known as CONFIG_USE_OPTION_TABLE in Kconfig.
+Information trough SSH
+======================
+board_status.sh can gather information trough ssh with the -r
+option.
+
+When using "-r <host>", The script will attempt to log into
+root@<host>.
+In order for "-r <host>" to work, the script has to be able
+to log into the remote host's root account, without having
+to provide a password.
+That can be achieved with the use of SSH keys and ssh-agent.
+
+board_status.sh expects the remote host to have the following
+programs in its path: cbmem, dmesg
+
+Boot log gathering trough a serial port
+=======================================
+When using -s </dev/xxx>, board_status.sh starts by retrieving the
+boot log trough the serial port.
+
+To produce such logs, power off the board, run board_status.sh
+with the right arguments, power on the board.
+At that point the logs will be displayed by board_status.sh as they
+are produced by the board.
+
+Enter will have to be pressed once the board has booted and is in a
+state where the script is able to log into that board.
+
+Publishing
+==========
+The -u switch will publish the results: It will make a git patch out
+of the status information, that will be directly pushed in the
+board-status repository.
+It expects the user to already have an account in coreboot's gerrit
+instance.