[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] sunxi: Add default partition scheme

[Maxime Ripard]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:42:48PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote:
> > And then on the "we" side of things, the problem here that everyone
> > needs to care about it how do we setup a partition table so that we can
> > have SPL where it's required by firmware to be.  How is this particular
> > hurdle handled today in fedora/debian/opensuse?
> 
> For Debian I have to say that it isn't currently handled at all. 
> Before this thread I wasn't even aware that it is possible to
> build a valid GPT with the SPL being where it has to be for sunxi
> devices and have therefore only used MBR-style partition tables.

You can use both alternatives I talked about in the cover letter in
gdisk, but both are experts commands and are obviously opt-in.

You can move the partition entries around by using the 'j' option, or
you can specify a smaller number of partitions using the 's' option.

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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