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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Cc: rhi@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] partitions: dos: support root=PARTUUID= generation with zero NT signature
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:57:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <170808464387.1408357.16380585668791252664.b4-ty@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240213100836.2853989-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>


On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:08:36 +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> For MBR-partitioned disks, the NT signature is used to derive the PARTUUID used
> to identify the root partition. For this to work reliably, the NT signature is
> expected to be unique across all attached MBR-partitioned storage.
> 
> Some partition tools may populate the NT signature with an all-zero
> value by default, which will likely run afoul of the uniqueness
> expectations. When this happens, barebox' bootm.appendroot feature will
> report a non-descriptive error message:
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] partitions: dos: support root=PARTUUID= generation with zero NT signature
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=82a51038356d (link may not be stable)

Best regards,
-- 
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>




      reply	other threads:[~2024-02-16 11:58 UTC|newest]

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2024-02-13 10:08 Ahmad Fatoum
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