[U-Boot] [PATCH] Add support for CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION (GUID Partition Table)

[richardretanubun]

Hi Wolfgang


Andrew Dyer wrote:
>> Also, please enlighten me: what is "EFI", and what is a "GUID" 
>> partition table, and which systems do use that?
> 
> EFI is the PC BIOS replacement that Intel came up with, most notably
>  used on Apple's Intel based computers.  A blurb about EFI is here -
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface

The GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) Partition Table (GPT) is a part of EFI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

Sorry about the mangled patch, I hope this works better:

Tested the patch on a MPC8349EMITX Eval board

Sorry for the mishap, please use this patch. I test-sent it to myself and it applies.
Somehow the previous one chops of the " <nl>" to "<nl>", breaking diff.

- Richard Retanubun