diff --git a/Tools/scripts/generate_board_page.py b/Tools/scripts/generate_board_page.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..82510cd1756ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/scripts/generate_board_page.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+# modify our search path:
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../../libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/scripts'))
+import chibios_hwdef  # noqa
+
+
+class GenerateBoardPage():
+    '''an object that will create many html files into a directory, one
+    for each hwdef board'''
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.hwdef_dir = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+            "..", "..", "libraries", "AP_HAL_ChibiOS", "hwdef")
+        self.outdir = "/tmp/some_html"
+
+    def generate_UART_mapping(self, hwdef):
+        uart_order = hwdef.get_config('SERIAL_ORDER', required=False, aslist=True)
+        if uart_order is None:
+            return None
+        serial_purpose = hwdef.get_serial_purpose()
+        count = 0
+        ret = ""
+        for uart in uart_order:
+            purpose = serial_purpose.get(count, "")
+            if purpose != "":
+                purpose = f" ({purpose})"
+            rtsctsnote = ""
+            if hwdef.serial_has_cts_rts(count):
+                rtsctsnote = " (RTS/CTS pins)"
+            ret += f"SERIAL{count} -> {uart}{purpose}{rtsctsnote}\n"
+            count += 1
+
+        return ret
+
+    def generate_Specifications(self, hwdef):
+        ret = ""
+
+        # baro_list contains all possible baros, not the onnes you
+        # might actually find on a board...
+        return None
+
+        dev_counts = {}
+        for baro in hwdef.baro_list:
+            dev = baro[0]
+            if dev not in dev_counts.keys():
+                dev_counts[dev] = 0
+            dev_counts[dev] += 1
+        for dev in dev_counts.keys():
+            ret += f" - {dev}"
+            if dev_counts[dev] > 1:
+                ret += f" * {dev_counts[dev]}"
+            ret += "\n"
+
+        return ret
+
+    def content_section(self, section_name, content):
+        if content is None:
+            return "bob"
+        return f"""
+{"=" * len(section_name)}
+{section_name}
+{"=" * len(section_name)}
+
+{content}
+"""
+
+    def generate_content_for_hwdef(self, filepath):
+        hwdef = chibios_hwdef.ChibiOSHWDef(quiet=True, hwdef=None)
+        hwdef.process_file(filepath)
+
+        content = ""
+
+        content += self.content_section("UART Mapping", self.generate_UART_mapping(hwdef))
+        content += self.content_section("Specifications", self.generate_Specifications(hwdef))
+
+        return content
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(self.outdir)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        pathlib.Path(self.outdir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        for adir in os.listdir(self.hwdef_dir):
+            if adir is None:
+                continue
+            if adir != "Pixhawk6X":
+                continue
+            board_dirpath = os.path.join(self.hwdef_dir, adir)
+            filepath = os.path.join(board_dirpath, "hwdef.dat")
+            if not os.path.exists(filepath):
+                continue
+
+            output = self.generate_content_for_hwdef(filepath)
+
+            outfile = os.path.join(self.outdir, f"{adir}.rst")
+            pathlib.Path(outfile).write_text(output)
+
+
+gbp = GenerateBoardPage()
+gbp.run()
diff --git a/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk6X/hwdef.dat b/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk6X/hwdef.dat
index a53e62d65d4bd..1c140e09c2b96 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk6X/hwdef.dat
+++ b/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk6X/hwdef.dat
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ env OPTIMIZE -O2
 
 # order of UARTs (and USB)
 SERIAL_ORDER OTG1 UART7 UART5 USART1 UART8 USART2 UART4 USART3 OTG2
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 0 USB
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 1 Telem1
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 2 Telem2
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 3 GPS1
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 4 GPS2
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 5 Telem3
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 6 User
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 7 Debug
+SERIAL_PURPOSE 8 USB; MAVLink, can be used for SLCAN with protocol change
 
 # default to all pins low to avoid ESD issues
 DEFAULTGPIO OUTPUT LOW PULLDOWN
diff --git a/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/scripts/chibios_hwdef.py b/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/scripts/chibios_hwdef.py
index 4e1e04a75563e..eb19f61b9bb5a 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/scripts/chibios_hwdef.py
+++ b/libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/scripts/chibios_hwdef.py
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ def __init__(self, quiet=False, bootloader=False, signed_fw=False, outdir=None,
         # list of shared up timers
         self.shared_up = []
 
+        # a map from a serial number (0 being USB) to the usual use of that port (e.g. Telem1)
+        self.serial_purpose = {}
+
     def is_int(self, str):
         '''check if a string is an integer'''
         try:
@@ -1801,6 +1804,28 @@ def get_extra_bylabel(self, label, name, default=None):
             return default
         return p.extra_value(name, type=str, default=default)
 
+    def get_UART_ORDER(self):
+        '''get UART_ORDER from SERIAL_ORDER option'''
+        if self.get_config('UART_ORDER', required=False, aslist=True) is not None:
+            self.error('Please convert UART_ORDER to SERIAL_ORDER')
+        serial_order = self.get_config('SERIAL_ORDER', required=False, aslist=True)
+        if serial_order is None:
+            return None
+        if self.is_bootloader_fw():
+            # in bootloader SERIAL_ORDER is treated the same as UART_ORDER
+            return serial_order
+        map = [0, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
+        while len(serial_order) < 4:
+            serial_order += ['EMPTY']
+        uart_order = []
+        for i in range(len(serial_order)):
+            uart_order.append(serial_order[map[i]])
+        return uart_order
+
+    def get_serial_purpose(self):
+        '''returns a dict mapping from serial number (0 is USB) to textual description of purpose'''
+        return self.serial_purpose
+
     def write_UART_config(self, f):
         '''write UART config defines'''
         serial_list = self.get_config('SERIAL_ORDER', required=False, aslist=True)
@@ -2446,6 +2471,23 @@ def setup_apj_IDs(self):
         (USB_VID, USB_PID) = self.get_USB_IDs()
         self.env_vars['USBID'] = '0x%04x/0x%04x' % (USB_VID, USB_PID)
 
+    def serial_has_cts_rts(self, serial):
+        '''returns true if serial "serial" has CTS/RTS pins associated'''
+        uart_order = self.get_config('SERIAL_ORDER', required=True, aslist=True)
+        uart_name = uart_order[serial]
+        have_cts = False
+        have_rts = False
+
+        for t in self.bytype.values():
+            for pin in t:
+                if pin.label == f"{uart_name}_CTS":
+                    have_cts = True
+                elif pin.label == f"{uart_name}_RTS":
+                    have_rts = True
+                if have_rts and have_cts:
+                    return True
+        return False
+
     def write_peripheral_enable(self, f):
         '''write peripheral enable lines'''
         f.write('// peripherals enabled\n')
@@ -3058,6 +3100,8 @@ def process_line(self, line, depth):
                         # raise ValueError(msg)
 
                 self.intdefines[name] = intvalue
+        elif a[0] == "SERIAL_PURPOSE":
+            self.serial_purpose[int(a[1])] = ' '.join(a[2:])
 
     def progress(self, message):
         if self.quiet: