19.02.2020 19:26, Ard Biesheuvel пишет: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 17:25, Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> The gpt_sector=<sector> causes the GPT partition search to look at the >> specified sector for a valid GPT header if the GPT is not found at the >> beginning or the end of block device. >> >> In particular this is needed for NVIDIA Tegra consumer-grade Android >> devices in order to make them usable with the upstream kernel because >> these devices use a proprietary / closed-source partition table format >> for the EMMC and it's impossible to change the partition's format. Luckily >> there is a GPT table in addition to the proprietary table, which is placed >> in uncommon location of the EMMC storage and bootloader passes the >> location to kernel using "gpt gpt_sector=<sector>" cmdline parameters. >> >> This patch is based on the original work done by Colin Cross for the >> downstream Android kernel. >> >> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@xxxxxxxxx> > > Which block device is this parameter applied to? All available devices.
