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diff --git a/doc/README.gpt b/doc/README.gpt
index f822894709..ec0156d8aa 100644
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+++ b/doc/README.gpt
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ GPT brief explanation:
|Partition n |
| |
----------------------------------------------------------
- LBA -34 |Entry 1|Entry 2| Entry 3| Entry 4| Secondary
- -------------------------------------------------- (bkp)
- LBA -33 |Entries 5 - 128 | GPT
+ LBA -34 |Entry 1|Entry 2| Entry 3| Entry 4| Backup
+ -------------------------------------------------- GPT
+ LBA -33 |Entries 5 - 128 |
| |
| |
LBA -2 | |
--------------------------------------------------
- LBA -1 |Secondary GPT Header |
+ LBA -1 |Backup GPT Header |
----------------------------------------------------------
For a legacy reasons, GPT's LBA 0 sector has a MBR structure. It is called
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ It is possible to define 128 linearly placed partition entries.
"LBA -1" means the last addressable block (in the mmc subsystem:
"dev_desc->lba - 1")
-Primary/Secondary GPT header:
+Primary/Backup GPT header:
----------------------------
Offset Size Description
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ IMPORTANT:
GPT headers and partition entries are protected by CRC32 (the POSIX CRC32).
-Primary GPT header and Secondary GPT header have swapped values of "Current LBA"
+Primary GPT header and Backup GPT header have swapped values of "Current LBA"
and "Backup LBA" and therefore different CRC32 check-sum.
CRC32 for GPT headers (field "CRC of header") are calculated up till
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ CRC32 for partition entries (field "CRC32 of partition array") is calculated for
the whole array entry ( Number_of_partition_entries *
sizeof(partition_entry_size (usually 128)))
-Observe, how Secondary GPT is placed in the memory. It is NOT a mirror reflect
+Observe, how Backup GPT is placed in the memory. It is NOT a mirror reflect
of the Primary.
Partition Entry Format:
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