[PATCH v3 0/5] Add partition type GUID support for environment

Balaji Selvanathan balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com
Sun Apr 19 12:24:02 CEST 2026


This series adds support for locating partitions using GPT partition
type GUID instead of unique partition UUID. This enables the saveenv
command to work with partitions identified by their type rather than
unique identifiers, providing flexibility for systems where partition
UUIDs may vary across devices but types remain constant.

Patch 1 adds part_get_info_by_type_guid() function support
Patch 2 adds scsi_get_blk_by_type_guid() function support
Patch 3 adds support for partition type GUID based environment
Patch 4 enables partition type GUID configs for QCM6490 and QCS615
Patch 5 adds unit test for the partition type GUID lookup functionality

Signed-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com>
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Changes in v3:
- Addressed minor corrections in Patch 1 in part_get_info_by_type_guid function
- Refactor env_scsi_get_part and env_scsi_load functions based
  on the choice configs in Patch 3
- Add unit test for the partition type GUID lookup functionality in Patch 5
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260109070912.4106466-1-balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com/

Changes in v2:
- Compute blk_find_max_devnum(UCLASS_SCSI) only once in scsi_get_blk_by_type_guid()
- Introduce a Kconfig choice config to select between UUID-based
and type GUID-based partition lookup methods.
- Enable above new config in qcom_qcs615_defconfig and qcm6490_defconfig
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260108064947.3237361-1-balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com/

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Balaji Selvanathan (5):
      disk: Add partition lookup by type GUID functionality
      scsi: Add partition lookup by type GUID for SCSI devices
      env: scsi: Add support for partition type GUID based environment
      configs: Enable partition type GUID for QCM6490 and QCS615 boards
      test: dm: Add partition type GUID lookup test

 configs/qcm6490_defconfig     |  5 +++++
 configs/qcom_qcs615_defconfig |  5 +++++
 disk/part.c                   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/scsi/scsi-uclass.c    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 env/Kconfig                   | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 env/scsi.c                    | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 include/part.h                | 21 ++++++++++++++++++
 include/scsi.h                | 11 ++++++++++
 test/dm/part.c                | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
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base-commit: e3405917a1806971d9e72a94186b299f05581e1a
change-id: 20260419-type-c6a48a1c273d

Best regards,
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Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan at oss.qualcomm.com>



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