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authorKarl O. Pinc <kop@meme.com>2012-08-16 06:20:15 (GMT)
committerWolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>2012-09-02 17:41:57 (GMT)
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README: Cleanup description of supported partitions.
README: Cleanup description of supported partitions. Signed-off-by: Karl O. Pinc <kop@meme.com>
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@@ -951,13 +951,20 @@ The following options need to be configured:
commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
-- Partition Support:
- CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
- and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
+- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
+ Zero or more of the following:
+ CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
+ CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
+ Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
+ CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
+ CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
+ bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
+ disk/part_efi.c
+ CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
- least one partition type as well.
+ least one non-MTD partition type as well.
- IDE Reset method:
CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several