From: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] allow config_distro_bootcmd to pass uuid to extlinux.conf
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:22:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <548DC744.9070101@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <548DA420.1030306@gmail.com>
On 12/14/2014 07:52 AM, Iain Paton wrote:
> Set ptuuid and fsuuid variables to the partition / filesystem
> where we found extlinux.conf which allows us to use a replaceable
> parameter in the append line in extlinux.conf like this
>
> append root=PARTUUID=${ptuuid}
>
> this means we never have to hardcode a root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 type path
> anywhere.
Wouldn't the distro/... that creates extlinux.conf simply put the UUID
into the file when it's generated? That's how things normally work in
similar setups such as grub.conf...
> Since the uuids are only looked for after we've already found extlinux.conf
> there's little cost/risk to making them available.
> I realise that assuming extlinux.conf is on the root partition isn't perfect
> but for the common case where it will be, there are many advantages to
> this.
... and completely avoids the issue of U-Boot making assumptions about
the partition layout that the distro installer used.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-14 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-14 14:52 [U-Boot] [PATCH] allow config_distro_bootcmd to pass uuid to extlinux.conf Iain Paton
2014-12-14 17:22 ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2014-12-14 21:35 ` Iain Paton
2014-12-15 2:09 ` Stephen Warren
2014-12-15 11:53 ` Hans de Goede
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