From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1l7bsp-00066u-3N for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:29:08 +0000 Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:29:05 +0100 Message-ID: <20210204102905.GB19583@pengutronix.de> References: <20210129125936.20053-1-bst@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210129125936.20053-1-bst@pengutronix.de> From: Sascha Hauer List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: state: recommend a partition type GUID for state GPT partitions To: Bastian Krause Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org, Ahmad Fatoum On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 01:59:36PM +0100, Bastian Krause wrote: > The partition type GUID was generated randomly. Having a defined GUID > should reduce the risk of collisions in the future. > > A dedicated GUID could also allow us to implement a fallback in case no > state backend property is defined. This could then look for a GPT > partition with this partition type GUID and use that as the backend. > dt-utils could do the same in userspace. This would be similar to [1]. > > [1] https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/ > > Signed-off-by: Bastian Krause > --- > Documentation/user/state.rst | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) Applied, thanks Sascha > > diff --git a/Documentation/user/state.rst b/Documentation/user/state.rst > index 54aa396257..a0e27d4fe8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/user/state.rst > +++ b/Documentation/user/state.rst > @@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ content, its backend-type and *state* variable layout. > }; > }; > > +If the *state* variable set is set to be located in a GPT partition, use > +``4778ed65-bf42-45fa-9c5b-287a1dc4aab1`` as the partition type GUID. > + > SRAM > #### > > -- > 2.30.0 > > > _______________________________________________ > barebox mailing list > barebox@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox