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2021-01-15cmd: Add MBR partition layout control utilityMarek Szyprowski1-0/+94
Add a 'mbr' command to let users create or verify MBR partition layout based on the provided text description. The partition layout is alternatively read from the 'mbr_parts' environment variable. This can be used in scripts to help system image flashing tools to ensure proper partition layout. The syntax of the text description of the partition list is similar to the one used by the 'gpt' command. Supported parameters are: name (currently ignored), start (partition start offset in bytes), size (in bytes or '-' to expand it to the whole free area), bootable (boolean flag) and id (MBR partition type). If one wants to create more than 4 partitions, an 'Extended' primary partition (with 0x05 ID) has to be explicitely provided as a one of the first 4 entries. Here is an example how to create a 6 partitions (3 on the 'extended volume'), some of the predefined sizes: > setenv mbr_parts 'name=boot,start=4M,size=128M,bootable,id=0x0e; name=rootfs,size=3072M,id=0x83; name=system-data,size=512M,id=0x83; name=[ext],size=-,id=0x05; name=user,size=-,id=0x83; name=modules,size=100M,id=0x83; name=ramdisk,size=8M,id=0x83' > mbr write mmc 0 Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>