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authorAndrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com>2018-12-07 00:13:22 -0800
committerSascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>2018-12-10 10:04:39 +0100
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Documentation: i.MX: Document how to use GPT
Document a way to avoid clashes between i.MX boot info/Barebox and GPT's Partition Entry Array. Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ The images can also always be started second stage::
bootm /mnt/tftp/barebox-freescale-imx51-babbage.img
+Using GPT on i.MX
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For i.MX SoCs that place vendor specific header at +1KiB mark of a
+boot medium, special care needs to be taken when parition that medium
+with GPT. In order to make room for i.MX boot header GPT Partition
+Entry Array needs to be moved from its typical location, LBA 2, to an
+offset past vendor specific information. One way to do this would be
+to use ``-j`` or ``--adjust-main-table`` option of ``sgdisk``. For
+example, the following sequence:
+
+ sgdisk -Z <block device>
+ sgdisk -o -j 2048 -n 1:8192:+100M <block device>
+
+will create a single GPT partition starting at LBA 8192 and would
+place Partition Entry Array starting at LBA 2048 which should leave
+enough room for Barebox/i.MX boot header. Once that is done ``dd``
+command above can be used to place Barebox on the same medium.
+
Information about the ``imx-image`` tool
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^