[PATCH v4] disk: dos: Add all options for EFI System Partitions

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Tue Mar 5 10:01:00 CET 2024


On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 13:20, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The EFI spec states that the ESP can be any of FAT12/16/32 but for
> compatibility doesn't necssarily require the partition to be the
> EFI partition table ID of 0xef. A number of arm devices will not
> find their firmware on a FAT partition with an ID of 0xef so also
> allow the original FAT12/16/32 partition IDs as they are also
> permissable for an ESP.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - Add 0x0c option
> - Make hex constants consistent
> - Move from if to switch statement
> v3:
> - Fix switch brain fart
> v4:
> - Drop boot_ind out of switch
>
>  disk/part_dos.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/disk/part_dos.c b/disk/part_dos.c
> index 567ead7511d..a35181dff4f 100644
> --- a/disk/part_dos.c
> +++ b/disk/part_dos.c
> @@ -40,10 +40,21 @@ static int get_bootable(dos_partition_t *p)
>  {
>         int ret = 0;
>
> -       if (p->sys_ind == 0xef)
> +       switch (p->sys_ind) {
> +       case 0x01:
> +       case 0x06:
> +       case 0x0b:
> +       case 0x0c:
> +       case 0xef:
>                 ret |= PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION;
> +               break;
> +       default:
> +               break;
> +       }
> +
>         if (p->boot_ind == 0x80)
>                 ret |= PART_BOOTABLE;
> +
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.44.0
>
Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>


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