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authorPetr Kulhavy <brain@jikos.cz>2016-09-09 10:27:16 +0200
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2016-10-01 20:04:51 -0400
commitb6dd69a4d6b20862a2075f402f9edfb0de6d14ed (patch)
treecde16c70cc63077087cdfb209d812a1d7a5980b8 /README
parent87b8530fe24408b0ef41c9b80f38c395ccafad2c (diff)
downloadu-boot-b6dd69a4d6b20862a2075f402f9edfb0de6d14ed.tar.gz
fastboot: add support for writing MBR
Add special target "mbr" (otherwise configurable via CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME) to write MBR partition table. Partitions are now searched using the generic function which finds any partiiton by name. For MBR the partition names hda1, sda1, etc. are used. Signed-off-by: Petr Kulhavy <brain@jikos.cz> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> Acked-by: Steve Rae <steve.rae@raedomain.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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@@ -1683,6 +1683,13 @@ The following options need to be configured:
"fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
Default is GPT_ENTRY_NAME (currently "gpt") if undefined.
+ CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME
+ The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
+ image to DOS MBR.
+ This occurs when the "partition name" specified on the
+ "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
+ If not defined the default value "mbr" is used.
+
- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV