[U-Boot] [PATCH] warp: Use PARTUUID to specify the rootfs location

Otavio Salvador otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br
Tue Jul 11 17:39:42 UTC 2017


On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com> wrote:
> warp can run different kernel versions, such as NXP 4.1 or
> mainline.
>
> Currently the rootfs location is passed via mmcblk number and the
> problem with this approach is that the mmcblk number for the eMMC
> changes depending on the kernel version.
>
> In order to avoid such issue, use UUID method to specify the rootfs
> location.
>
> Succesfully tested booting a NXP 4.1 and also a mainline 4.12 kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>

Acked-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>

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