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authorPatrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay73@gmail.com>2015-10-27 11:00:28 +0100
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2015-11-12 15:58:58 -0500
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uuid: add selection by string for known partition type GUID
short strings can be used in type parameter of gpt command to replace the guid string for the types known by u-boot partitions = name=boot,size=0x6bc00,type=data; \ name=root,size=0x7538ba00,type=linux; gpt write mmc 0 $partitions and they are also used to display the type of partition in "part list" command Partition Map for MMC device 0 -- Partition Type: EFI Part Start LBA End LBA Name Attributes Type GUID Partition GUID 1 0x00000022 0x0000037f "boot" attrs: 0x0000000000000000 type: ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7 type: data guid: d117f98e-6f2c-d04b-a5b2-331a19f91cb2 2 0x00000380 0x003a9fdc "root" attrs: 0x0000000000000000 type: 0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4 type: linux guid: 25718777-d0ad-7443-9e60-02cb591c9737 Signed-off-by: Patrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay73@gmail.com>
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@@ -184,6 +184,30 @@ can specify a other partition type guid:
name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,
type=0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4;"
+Some strings can be also used at the place of known GUID :
+ "system" = PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID
+ (C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B)
+ "mbr" = LEGACY_MBR_PARTITION_GUID
+ (024DEE41-33E7-11D3-9D69-0008C781F39F)
+ "msft" = PARTITION_MSFT_RESERVED_GUID
+ (E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE)
+ "data" = PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID
+ (EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7)
+ "linux" = PARTITION_LINUX_FILE_SYSTEM_DATA_GUID
+ (0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4)
+ "raid" = PARTITION_LINUX_RAID_GUID
+ (A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E)
+ "swap" = PARTITION_LINUX_SWAP_GUID
+ (0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F)
+ "lvm" = PARTITION_LINUX_LVM_GUID
+ (E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928)
+
+ "partitions=uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;
+ name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,type=linux;"
+
+They are also used to display the type of partition in "part list" command.
+
+
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