Re: GPT attributes in dkwedge [PATCH]

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 05:01:00AM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
> The patch moves the GPT parser out of dkwedge so that it can
> be used by other kernel componentx. You calll gpt_walk() with
> a callback invoked for each GPT entry. dkwedge use it to do the
> job it was doing before, and raiddframe use it to solve a 
> raidframe-specific issue.

But the more general solution (which would be just as easy for the end
user, but more flexibel) is to add support for a rootdev statement
in boot.cfg and then put the label name or the guid there. Similar
to evbarm taking a root=dev argument passed from the bootloarder.

It would also be cool if boot.cfg could specify the partition to load
the kernel from via something similiar to NAME=.

You insist on this not working for multiboot (which I understand), but I
don't understand how you get this far at all with multiboot. And I think
multiboot can pass a command line, so root=dev support and make it equivalent
to the boot.cfg rootdev statement would solve it too.

Martin