[u-boot] enable GPT support
Username: n8v8R
Origin: https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=2449
kernel target: mvebujavascript:void(0);
u-boot target: clearfrog
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Whilst source provides GPT support (probably since around 2012) it seems to be lacking downstream however, indicated by:
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/installing-openwrt-x86-on-gpt-disk/17343/4
attempt to boot from GPT device producing (which would be logical if u-boot does not understand the partition layout in the first place)
** Unrecognized filesystem type **
according to source doc
https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/d0d07ba86afc8074d79e436b1ba4478fa0f0c1b5/doc/README.gpt
there would be a cli gpt command in u-boot, which however when executed producing:
Unknown command 'gpt'
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MBR appears nowadays often being referred to as legacy partition table, also being less secure and less capable in comparison to GPT and thus this feature suggestion.
If I had coding abilities I would have certainly produced a PR instead of opening this task. Just got as far as discovering the build conf for u-boot
but then getting lost, also when trying to compare to source code.