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[PATCH RESEND] GPT: add support for PReP GUID

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Message #17 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Avik Sil <aviksil <at> linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> ubuntu.com>, jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: parted-devel <at> lists.alioth.debian.org, bug-parted <at> gnu.org,
 dbkreling <at> br.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [parted-devel] [PATCH RESEND] GPT: add support for PReP GUID
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:59:01 +0530

On 10/08/2013 07:40 AM, Phillip Susi wrote:
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> On 10/07/2013 09:12 PM, Avik Sil wrote:
>> On 10/07/2013 07:59 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: Doesn't this old
>> platform only understand the apple partition map, and not gpt?
>> Picking a guid out of the air isn't going to teach the firmware to
>> look for it.
>>
>>> Yes, and firmware support for it is also being added. For
>>> example, in guest firmware SLOF, this support has already been
>>> added [1]. And GRUB2 also now supports PReP GUID [2].
> 
> Oh, I thought this was an obsolete platform not in production any
> more?  I suppose if it is still being updated then the patch looks
> good to me.

Can you please add this patch to upstream? It has not been added yet.

Regards,
Avik

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