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| author | Alison Chaiken <alison@peloton-tech.com> | 2017-06-25 16:43:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2017-08-04 09:56:04 -0400 |
| commit | 73d6d18b7147c90d6f8a60acb8dad663a225e63d (patch) | |
| tree | 0df0ea577d085439b7a87dac0d92e0b46cb5862a /doc/README.gpt | |
| parent | e6faf21f259ccc0601d06d458e33fb742deb1843 (diff) | |
GPT: add accessor function for disk GUID
In order to read the GPT, modify the partition name strings, and then
write out a new GPT, the disk GUID is needed. While there is an
existing accessor for the partition UUIDs, there is none yet for the
disk GUID.
Changes since v6: none.
Signed-off-by: Alison Chaiken <alison@peloton-tech.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/README.gpt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.gpt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.gpt b/doc/README.gpt index 543bf872d07..c415145236f 100644 --- a/doc/README.gpt +++ b/doc/README.gpt @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ To restore GUID partition table one needs to: The fields 'uuid' and 'uuid_disk' are optional if CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is enabled. A random uuid will be used if omitted or they point to an empty/ non-existent environment variable. The environment variable will be set to - the generated UUID. + the generated UUID. The 'gpt guid' command reads the current value of the + uuid_disk from the GPT. The field 'bootable' is optional, it is used to mark the GPT partition bootable (set attribute flags "Legacy BIOS bootable"). |