diff --git a/docs/ci/bare-metal.rst b/docs/ci/bare-metal.rst
index 5cb192e78fa..28c98c6da60 100644
--- a/docs/ci/bare-metal.rst
+++ b/docs/ci/bare-metal.rst
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@ should probably have the console on a serial connection, so that you
 can see bootloader progress.
 
 The boards need to be able to have a kernel/initramfs supplied by the
-gitlab-runner system, since the initramfs is what contains the Mesa
-testing payload.
+gitlab-runner system, since Mesa often needs to update the kernel either for new
+DRM functionality, or to fix kernel bugs.
 
-The boards should have networking, so that we can extract the dEQP .xml
-results to artifacts on GitLab.
+The boards must have networking, so that we can extract the dEQP .xml results to
+artifacts on GitLab, and so that we can download traces (too large for an
+initramfs) for trace replay testing.  Given that we need networking already, and
+our deqp/piglit/etc. payload is large, we use nfs from the x86 runner system
+rather than initramfs.
+
+See `src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml` for an example of fastboot on DB410c and
+DB820c (freedreno-a306 and freereno-a530).
 
 Requirements (servo)
 --------------------
@@ -68,6 +74,9 @@ call "servo"::
   dhcp-option=tag:cheza1,option:root-path,/srv/nfs/cheza1
   dhcp-option=tag:cheza2,option:root-path,/srv/nfs/cheza2
 
+See `src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml` for an example of servo on cheza.  Note
+that other servo boards in CI are managed using LAVA.
+
 Setup
 -----