Re: GPT attributes in dkwedgeq

[Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 06:33:34PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > Right, it is bad design. Re-parsing the GPT in raidframe code seems wrong 
> > too. Shall I modify struct dkwedge_info to add an union for the underlying
> > partition entry? That way, we can look for specific detail such as a 
> > bootme flag.
> 
> You mean the struct gpt_ent?

i mean something like this:
union {
	struct gpt_ent   gpt;
	struct disklabel disklabel;
	struct mbr	 mbr;
	struct apple_part_map_entry apm;
(...)
} part_entry;

> But Michaels question is a good one - why can't the bootloader deal
> with all this and pass e.g. the start offset of the root partition
> via (optional) boot params?

I will have a look at that, but I am not sure how it works with multiboot.

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu%netbsd.org@localhost