uuid: add selection by string for known partition type GUID

[oweals/u-boot.git] / doc / README.gpt

diff --git a/doc/README.gpt b/doc/README.gpt
index bf9b8bd2781c6ec32a5eea44e4b88301f84f1030..35902ce0c882fd8be6d6279046085528307da39d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.gpt
+++ b/doc/README.gpt
@@ -184,6 +184,30 @@ can specify a other partition type guid:
        name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,
        type=0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4;"
 
+Some strings can be also used at the place of known GUID :
+       "system" = PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID
+                  (C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B)
+       "mbr"    = LEGACY_MBR_PARTITION_GUID
+                  (024DEE41-33E7-11D3-9D69-0008C781F39F)
+       "msft"   = PARTITION_MSFT_RESERVED_GUID
+                  (E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE)
+       "data"   = PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID
+                   (EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7)
+       "linux"  = PARTITION_LINUX_FILE_SYSTEM_DATA_GUID
+                  (0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4)
+       "raid"   = PARTITION_LINUX_RAID_GUID
+                  (A19D880F-05FC-4D3B-A006-743F0F84911E)
+       "swap"   = PARTITION_LINUX_SWAP_GUID
+                  (0657FD6D-A4AB-43C4-84E5-0933C84B4F4F)
+       "lvm"    = PARTITION_LINUX_LVM_GUID
+                  (E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928)
+
+    "partitions=uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;
+       name=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,type=linux;"
+
+They are also used to display the type of partition in "part list" command.
+
+
 Useful info:
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