Hi Alison, > Lukasz Majewski wrote: > > > Maybe it would be better to have > > > > gpt flip mmc 0 <optional parameter 'name'> > > > > (By default we have "primary" and "backup") > > > > In that way we could set other names to GPT partitions without the > > need to modify the code. > > I answered: > > >> Another possibility is to support > >> > >> gpt flip mmc 0 <name 1> <name 2> > >> > >> where two names are required, with defaults 'primary' and > >> 'backup'. Perhaps I should rework patch 5 that way? > > Lukasz responded: > > > Please correct my understanding if I'm wrong. > > > > You parse GPT partitions to a list and there are only two names > > possible: > > > > "primary" and "backup". > > > > When we call gpt filp we rename those names ("primary" -> "backup" > > and the other way). > > > > Ahhh..... so your patch would allow to rename "primary" to <name1> > > and "backup" to <name2> for all names. > > > > My idea was rather to have a gpt call to set name of a GPT > > partition.... > > > I can image that somebody would like to change on the fly single GPT > > partition name (when having/care about 2 partitions for his/her > > project specific data). > > > > But, I don't know how much effort it would take to implement it > > (and if others would see it beneficial). > > I would propose then two options: > > gpt rename mmc 0 <name 1> <name 2> > > which renames all the 1's to 2's, and > > gpt flip mmc 0 <name 1> <name 2> > > which swaps the two name strings for all partitions where they're > found. These two operations together with 'gpt write' then cover all > the common use cases I can imagine.
I think that this is enough. Let's wait for other's opinions (if any). > > I'm open to any other suggestions, of course. I just posted what I > already had to get started. > > -- Alison > > --- > Alison Chaiken ali...@she-devel.com, > 650-279-5600 http://{ she-devel.com, exerciseforthereader.org } > "We are giving up our privacy, one convenience at a time." -- > Evangelos Simoudis Best regards, Lukasz Majewski -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot