From: Ed Bartosh Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:50:41 +0000 (+0300) Subject: canned-wks: use GPT partition table X-Git-Tag: 2016-10~59 X-Git-Url: https://code.ossystems.io/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=66d4efeb0face5fc8a1755dcd2ed3a611997a04d;p=openembedded-core.git canned-wks: use GPT partition table 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 Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks b/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/mkefidisk.wks index 7c287f72f7..9f534fe184 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 616d3ced19..f3ae090998 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 a49d130618..b900023568 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"