From: Tom Rini Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 15:41:54 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] disk: part_efi: add support for the Alternate GPT In-Reply-To: <5367E4EA.1040404@broadcom.com> References: <1398810703-29467-1-git-send-email-srae@broadcom.com> <53676CF6.40704@samsung.com> <5367B880.5010906@broadcom.com> <5367D7E4.3040009@broadcom.com> <20140505184323.GS22182@bill-the-cat> <5367E4EA.1040404@broadcom.com> Message-ID: <20140505194154.GT22182@bill-the-cat> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 12:22:18PM -0700, Steve Rae wrote: > > On 14-05-05 11:43 AM, Tom Rini wrote: > >On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 11:26:44AM -0700, Steve Rae wrote: > > > >>Hmmm - perhaps "Secondary" would be more accurate wording than "Alternate" > >>(v2 coming...) > >Is there any "official" name for this in the GPT spec? > > > I proposed "Secondary" because it matched "doc/README.gpt"; and it > is often called "secondary GPT" (for example: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table) > However, the UEFI Specifaction (Version 2.3.1, Errata A) calls it > "backup GPT" 18 times, and "alternate GPT" once (and never calls it > "secondary GPT").... I would go with backup GPT and update the README.gpt too please. -- Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: