[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/4] part: efi: Disable overlap check

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 04:01:33PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:

> The current code checks that no partitions overlap with the GPT partition
> table using the offset of the first LBA usable for that partition.
> 
> This works fine, unless you have a partition entry that is further away
> than it usually is and you want to create partitions in the gap between the
> GPT header and the GPT partition entries, for example to reflash a
> bootloader that needs to be set there.
> 
> Rework the test to something a bit smarter that checks whether a partition
> would overlap with either the GPT header or the partition entries, no
> matter where it is on the disk.
> 
> Partitions that do not have a start LBA specified will still start at the
> first LBA usable set in the GPT header, to avoid weird behaviours.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>

-- 
Tom
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