[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] sunxi: Add default partition scheme

[Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>]

On 15.11.17 11:11, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> The partitions variable is especially useful to create a partition table
> from U-Boot, either directly from the U-Boot shell, or through flashing
> tools like fastboot and its oem format command.
> 
> This is especially useful on devices with an eMMC you can't take out to
> flash from another system, and booting a Linux system first to flash our
> system then is not really practical.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  include/configs/sunxi-common.h | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> index 4391a8cbc824..11da6ccfbf54 100644
> --- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> +++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
> @@ -493,6 +493,12 @@ extern int soft_i2c_gpio_scl;
>  #define SUNXI_MTDPARTS_DEFAULT
>  #endif
>  
> +#define PARTS_DEFAULT \
> +	"name=loader1,start=8k,size=32k;" \
> +	"name=loader2,size=984k;" \
> +	"name=boot,size=128M,bootable;" \
> +	"name=system,size=-;"

Is there a particular reason you're creating a boot and system
partition? In a normal distro world, the distro installer will take care
of creating ESP + root + swap + whatever for you - and they (or the user
driving the installation) usually know best what they need :)


Alex