[yocto] [PATCH 5/7] dev-manual: add description of UUID options
Ed Bartosh
ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com
Tue Jan 5 03:10:54 PST 2016
Added description of 3 wic kickstart part options related to UUID:
--part-type, --use-uuid and --uuid to OpenEmbedded Kickstart (.wks)
Reference.
Signed-off-by: Ed Bartosh <ed.bartosh at linux.intel.com>
---
documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 436a64d..7b9e8a9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -4622,6 +4622,20 @@
This option is a <filename>wic</filename>-specific.
The size of the partition is multiplied by this factor. It has to be
greater than or equal to 1. The default value is 1.3.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>--part-type</filename>:</emphasis>
+ This option is specific to <filename>wic</filename>.
+ It specifies partition type GUID for GPT partitions.
+ List of partition type GUIDS can be found here:
+ <ulink url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_type_GUIDs'>
+ </ulink></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>--use-uuid</filename>:</emphasis>
+ This option is specific to <filename>wic</filename>.
+ It makes <filename>wic</filename> to generate random globally unique
+ identifier (GUID) for the partition and use it in bootloader configuration
+ to specify root partition.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>--uuid</filename>:</emphasis>
+ This option is specific to <filename>wic</filename>.
+ It specifies partition UUID.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
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2.1.4
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