[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] arm: dra7xx: Add vendor partition to Android GPT table for eMMC

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:47:03PM -0500, Praneeth Bajjuri wrote:

> From: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm at ti.com>
> 
> Add vendor partition to Android GPT table for eMMC.
> 
> A Vendor image contains SoC-specific code and configuration.
> 
> Prior to Android 8.0, the vendor partition was optional ;
> files belonging to these images were placed in boot.img or system.img
> with symlinks (such as /vendor >/system/vendor ) when absent.
> 
> Android 8.0 makes the vendor partition mandatory
> 
> The goal is to modularize Android partitions with standard interface between
> the Android Platform (on system.img ) and vendor-provided code(on vendor.img).
> 
> This standard interface enables the Android Platform to be updated
> without affecting the SoC partitions. This makes it possible to upgrade a
> device system.img from Android 8.0 to Android P while other images (such as
> vendor.img) remain at Android 8.0. This modularity enables timely
> Android platform upgrades (such as monthly security updates )
> without requiring SoC/ODM partners to update SoC- and device-specific code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm at ti.com>
> Signed-off-by: Praneeth Bajjuri <praneeth at ti.com>

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

-- 
Tom
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