[OE-core] [wic][PATCH] canned-wks: use GPT partition table

Ed Bartosh ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com
Mon Oct 10 07:50:41 UTC 2016


According to UEFI specification all EFI platforms must support
GUID Partition Table(GPT) disk layout. Here is a list of advantages
of using GPT disk layout over the legacy MBR partitioning:

 - Logical Block Addresses (LBAs) are 64 bits (rather than 32 bits).
 - Supports many partitions (rather than just four primary partitions).
 - Provides both a primary and backup partition table for redundancy.
 - Uses version number and size fields for future expansion.
 - Uses CRC32 fields for improved data integrity.
 - Defines a GUID for uniquely identifying each partition.
 - Uses a GUID and attributes to define partition content type.
 - Each partition contains a 36 character human readable name.

Used GPT partitioning in all EFI kickstart files.
Tested result images on NUC, MinnowBoard MAX and MinnowBoard Turbot.

Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com>
---
 scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks        | 2 +-
 scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkgummidisk.wks      | 2 +-
 scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/systemd-bootdisk.wks | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks
index 7c287f7..9f534fe 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
 
 part swap --ondisk sda --size 44 --label swap1 --fstype=swap
 
-bootloader --timeout=5 --append="rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
+bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=5 --append="rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkgummidisk.wks b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkgummidisk.wks
index 616d3ce..f3ae090 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkgummidisk.wks
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkgummidisk.wks
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
 
 part swap --ondisk sda --size 44 --label swap1 --fstype=swap
 
-bootloader  --timeout=5  --append="rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
+bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=5  --append="rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/systemd-bootdisk.wks b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/systemd-bootdisk.wks
index a49d130..b900023 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/systemd-bootdisk.wks
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/systemd-bootdisk.wks
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
 
 part swap --ondisk sda --size 44 --label swap1 --fstype=swap
 
-bootloader --timeout=5 --append="rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
+bootloader --ptable gpt --timeout=5 --append="rootwait rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0"
-- 
2.1.4




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