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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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# Copyright (C) 2012 Samsung Electronics
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# Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@samsung.com>
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Glossary:
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========
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- UUID -(Universally Unique Identifier)
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- GUID - (Globally Unique ID)
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- EFI - (Extensible Firmware Interface)
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- UEFI - (Unified EFI) - EFI evolution
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- GPT (GUID Partition Table) - it is the EFI standard part
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- partitions - lists of available partitions (defined at u-boot):
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./include/configs/{target}.h
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Introduction:
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=============
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This document describes the GPT partition table format and usage of
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the gpt command in u-boot.
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UUID introduction:
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====================
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GPT for marking disks/partitions is using the UUID. It is supposed to be a
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globally unique value. A UUID is a 16-byte (128-bit) number. The number of
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theoretically possible UUIDs is therefore about 3 x 10^38.
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More often UUID is displayed as 32 hexadecimal digits, in 5 groups,
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separated by hyphens, in the form 8-4-4-4-12 for a total of 36 characters
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(32 digits and 4 hyphens)
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For instance, GUID of Basic data partition: EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
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and GUID of Linux filesystem data: 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4
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Historically there are 5 methods to generate this number. The oldest one is
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combining machine's MAC address and timer (epoch) value.
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Successive versions are using MD5 hash, random numbers and SHA-1 hash. All major
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OSes and programming languages are providing libraries to compute UUID (e.g.
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uuid command line tool).
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GPT brief explanation:
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======================
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Layout:
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-------
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--------------------------------------------------
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LBA 0 |Protective MBR |
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----------------------------------------------------------
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LBA 1 |Primary GPT Header | Primary
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-------------------------------------------------- GPT
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LBA 2 |Entry 1|Entry 2| Entry 3| Entry 4|
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--------------------------------------------------
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LBA 3 |Entries 5 - 128 |
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LBA 34 |Partition 1 |
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-----------------------------------
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|Partition 2 |
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-----------------------------------
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|Partition n |
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LBA -34 |Entry 1|Entry 2| Entry 3| Entry 4| Backup
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-------------------------------------------------- GPT
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LBA -33 |Entries 5 - 128 |
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LBA -2 | |
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LBA -1 |Backup GPT Header |
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----------------------------------------------------------
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For a legacy reasons, GPT's LBA 0 sector has a MBR structure. It is called
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"protective MBR".
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Its first partition entry ID has 0xEE value, and disk software, which is not
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handling the GPT sees it as a storage device without free space.
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It is possible to define 128 linearly placed partition entries.
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"LBA -1" means the last addressable block (in the mmc subsystem:
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"dev_desc->lba - 1")
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Primary/Backup GPT header:
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----------------------------
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Offset Size Description
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0 8 B Signature ("EFI PART", 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54)
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8 4 B Revision (For version 1.0, the value is 00 00 01 00)
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12 4 B Header size (in bytes, usually 5C 00 00 00 meaning 92 bytes)
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16 4 B CRC32 of header (0 to header size), with this field zeroed
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during calculation
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20 4 B Reserved (ZERO);
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24 8 B Current LBA (location of this header copy)
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32 8 B Backup LBA (location of the other header copy)
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40 8 B First usable LBA for partitions (primary partition table last
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LBA + 1)
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48 8 B Last usable LBA (secondary partition table first LBA - 1)
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56 16 B Disk GUID (also referred as UUID on UNIXes)
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72 8 B Partition entries starting LBA (always 2 in primary copy)
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80 4 B Number of partition entries
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84 4 B Size of a partition entry (usually 128)
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88 4 B CRC32 of partition array
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92 * Reserved; must be ZERO (420 bytes for a 512-byte LBA)
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TOTAL: 512 B
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IMPORTANT:
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GPT headers and partition entries are protected by CRC32 (the POSIX CRC32).
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Primary GPT header and Backup GPT header have swapped values of "Current LBA"
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and "Backup LBA" and therefore different CRC32 check-sum.
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CRC32 for GPT headers (field "CRC of header") are calculated up till
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"Header size" (92), NOT 512 bytes.
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CRC32 for partition entries (field "CRC32 of partition array") is calculated for
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the whole array entry ( Number_of_partition_entries *
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sizeof(partition_entry_size (usually 128)))
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Observe, how Backup GPT is placed in the memory. It is NOT a mirror reflect
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of the Primary.
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Partition Entry Format:
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Offset Size Description
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0 16 B Partition type GUID (Big Endian)
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16 16 B Unique partition GUID in (Big Endian)
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32 8 B First LBA (Little Endian)
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40 8 B Last LBA (inclusive)
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48 8 B Attribute flags [+]
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56 72 B Partition name (text)
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Attribute flags:
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Bit 0 - System partition
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Bit 1 - Hide from EFI
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Bit 2 - Legacy BIOS bootable
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Bit 48-63 - Defined and used by the individual partition type
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For Basic data partition :
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Bit 60 - Read-only
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Bit 62 - Hidden
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Bit 63 - Not mount
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Creating GPT partitions in U-Boot:
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==============
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To restore GUID partition table one needs to:
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1. Define partition layout in the environment.
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Format of partitions layout:
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"uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;
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name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...;"
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or
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"uuid_disk=${uuid_gpt_disk};name=${uboot_name},
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size=${uboot_size},uuid=${uboot_uuid};"
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The fields 'name' and 'size' are mandatory for every partition.
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The field 'start' is optional.
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If field 'size' of the last partition is 0, the partition is extended
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up to the end of the device.
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The fields 'uuid' and 'uuid_disk' are optional if CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is
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enabled. A random uuid will be used if omitted or they point to an empty/
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non-existent environment variable. The environment variable will be set to
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the generated UUID. The 'gpt guid' command reads the current value of the
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uuid_disk from the GPT.
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The field 'bootable' is optional, it is used to mark the GPT partition
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bootable (set attribute flags "Legacy BIOS bootable").
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"name=u-boot,size=60MiB;name=boot,size=60Mib,bootable;name=rootfs,size=0"
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It can be used to locate bootable disks with command
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"part list <interface> <dev> -bootable <varname>",
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please check out doc/README.distro for use.
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2. Define 'CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION' and 'CONFIG_CMD_GPT'
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3. From u-boot prompt type:
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gpt write mmc 0 $partitions
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Checking (validating) GPT partitions in U-Boot:
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===============================================
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Procedure is the same as above. The only change is at point 3.
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At u-boot prompt one needs to write:
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gpt verify mmc 0 [$partitions]
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where [$partitions] is an optional parameter.
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When it is not provided, only basic checks based on CRC32 calculation for GPT
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header and PTEs are performed.
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When provided, additionally partition data - name, size and starting
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offset (last two in LBA) - are compared with data defined in '$partitions'
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environment variable.
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After running this command, return code is set to 0 if no errors found in
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on non-volatile medium stored GPT.
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Following line can be used to assess if GPT verification has succeed:
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U-BOOT> gpt verify mmc 0 $partitions
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U-BOOT> if test $? = 0; then echo "GPT OK"; else echo "GPT ERR"; fi
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Renaming GPT partitions from U-Boot:
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====================================
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GPT partition names are a mechanism via which userspace and U-Boot can
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communicate about software updates and boot failure. The 'gpt guid',
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'gpt read', 'gpt rename' and 'gpt swap' commands facilitate
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programmatic renaming of partitions from bootscripts by generating and
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modifying the partitions layout string. Here is an illustration of
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employing 'swap' to exchange 'primary' and 'backup' partition names:
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U-BOOT> gpt swap mmc 0 primary backup
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Afterwards, all partitions previously named 'primary' will be named
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'backup', and vice-versa. Alternatively, single partitions may be
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renamed. In this example, mmc0's first partition will be renamed
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'primary':
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U-BOOT> gpt rename mmc 0 1 primary
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The GPT functionality may be tested with the 'sandbox' board by
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creating a disk image as described under 'Block Device Emulation' in
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doc/arch/index.rst:
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=>host bind 0 ./disk.raw
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=> gpt read host 0
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[ . . . ]
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=> gpt swap host 0 name othername
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[ . . . ]
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Partition type GUID:
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====================
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For created partition, the used partition type GUID is
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PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID (EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7).
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If you define 'CONFIG_PARTITION_TYPE_GUID', a optionnal parameter 'type'
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can specify a other partition type guid:
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"uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;
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name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,
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type=0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4;"
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Some strings can be also used at the place of known GUID :
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"system" = PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID
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(C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B)
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"mbr" = LEGACY_MBR_PARTITION_GUID
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(024DEE41-33E7-11D3-9D69-0008C781F39F)
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"msft" = PARTITION_MSFT_RESERVED_GUID
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(E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE)
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"data" = PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID
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(EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7)
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"linux" = PARTITION_LINUX_FILE_SYSTEM_DATA_GUID
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(0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4)
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"raid" = PARTITION_LINUX_RAID_GUID
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(A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E)
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"swap" = PARTITION_LINUX_SWAP_GUID
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(0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F)
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"lvm" = PARTITION_LINUX_LVM_GUID
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(E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928)
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"uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;
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name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,type=linux;"
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They are also used to display the type of partition in "part list" command.
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Useful info:
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============
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Two programs, namely: 'gdisk' and 'parted' are recommended to work with GPT
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recovery. Both are able to handle GUID partitions.
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Please, pay attention at -l switch for parted.
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"uuid" program is recommended to generate UUID string. Moreover it can decode
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(-d switch) passed in UUID string. It can be used to generate partitions UUID
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passed to u-boot environment variables.
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If optional CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is defined then for any partition which environment
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uuid is unset, uuid is randomly generated and stored in correspond environment
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variable.
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note:
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Each string block of UUID generated by program "uuid" is in big endian and it is
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also stored in big endian in disk GPT.
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Partitions layout can be printed by typing "mmc part". Note that each partition
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GUID has different byte order than UUID generated before, this is because first
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three blocks of GUID string are in Little Endian.
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