From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5387175872 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2015 09:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Jun 2015 02:10:57 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,557,1427785200"; d="scan'208";a="741473277" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.23.219.25]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 05 Jun 2015 02:10:57 -0700 Received: from vmed.fi.intel.com (vmed.fi.intel.com [10.237.72.65]) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2896A4083; Fri, 5 Jun 2015 02:10:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Bartosh To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:17:07 +0300 Message-Id: <1433488636-4540-1-git-send-email-ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 Subject: [wic][PATCH v2 0/9] UUID support X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:10:56 -0000 Hi, Please, review implementation of partition UUID support in wic. It contains two options: --part-type and --use-uuid --part-type allows to set partition type UUID. It was incorrectly implemted in wic and now it's hopefully fixed. --use-uuid makes wic to generate random globally unique identifier (GUID) for the partition and configure bootloader to boot from it using root=PARTUUID= in kernel command line. This technique makes boot process more deterministic and reliable for at least two reasons: - It allows to boot the same image from different devices - It fixes possible boot issues caused by using device names in kernel commandline as GUID doesn't change unlike device names. Ed Bartosh (9): wic: Add --use-uuid partition option wic: Generate random uuid for partition wic: Fix format string wic: Refactored getting root device name wic: Add parameter 'uuid' to Image.add_partition method wic: Set type GUID and UUID for partition wic: Use partition UUID in directdisk-gpt wic: oe-selftest: Configure testing of gpt/UUID image wic: Add help for --part-type and --use-uuid options meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/wic.py | 4 +-- scripts/lib/image/canned-wks/directdisk-gpt.wks | 2 +- scripts/lib/image/help.py | 9 +++++++ scripts/lib/wic/imager/direct.py | 31 ++++++++++------------ .../lib/wic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py | 21 ++++++++++++++- scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-efi.py | 6 ++--- scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/bootimg-pcbios.py | 3 +-- .../lib/wic/plugins/source/rootfs_pcbios_ext.py | 3 +-- scripts/lib/wic/utils/partitionedfs.py | 20 ++++++++++++-- 9 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) -- Ed