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This enables the saveenv\ncommand to work with partitions identified by their type rather than\nunique identifiers, providing flexibility for systems where partition\nUUIDs may vary across devices but types remain constant.\n\nPatch 1 adds part_get_info_by_type_guid() function support\nPatch 2 adds scsi_get_blk_by_type_guid() function support\nPatch 3 optimizes scsi_get_blk_by_uuid() function\nPatch 4 corrects default value of ENV_SCSI_HW_PARTITION config\nPatch 5 adds partition type GUID support and choice-based selection\nPatch 6 refactors the env/scsi codes based on the\nSCSI partition selection configs\nPatch 7 enables partition type GUID configs for QCM6490/QCS9100/QCS615\nPatch 8 adds unit test for the partition type GUID lookup functionality\n\nSigned-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>\n---\nChanges in v4:\n- Create a seperate patch for scsi_get_blk_by_uuid optimization\n- Create a seperate patch for correcting default value of\n ENV_SCSI_HW_PARTITION config\n- Update help section of ENV_IS_IN_SCSI config\n- Add 'select PARTITION_TYPE_GUID' for ENV_SCSI_PART_USE_TYPE_GUID\n so that its selected automatically\n- In test code, add more asserts to confirm its a kernel partition\n- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260419-type-v3-0-ec49acd6870e@oss.qualcomm.com/\n\nChanges in v3:\n- Addressed minor corrections in Patch 1 in part_get_info_by_type_guid function\n- Refactor env_scsi_get_part and env_scsi_load functions based\n on the choice configs in Patch 3\n- Add unit test for the partition type GUID lookup functionality in Patch 5\n- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260109070912.4106466-1-balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com/\n\nChanges in v2:\n- Compute blk_find_max_devnum(UCLASS_SCSI) only once in scsi_get_blk_by_type_guid()\n- Introduce a Kconfig choice config to select between UUID-based\nand type GUID-based partition lookup methods.\n- Enable above new config in qcom_qcs615_defconfig and qcm6490_defconfig\n- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260108064947.3237361-1-balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com/\n\n---\nBalaji Selvanathan (8):\n disk: Add partition lookup by type GUID functionality\n scsi: Add partition lookup by type GUID for SCSI devices\n scsi: Optimize scsi_get_blk_by_uuid() loop iteration\n env: scsi: Fix ENV_SCSI_HW_PARTITION default value type\n env: scsi: Add partition type GUID support and choice-based selection\n env: scsi: Implement partition type GUID lookup\n configs: Enable partition type GUID for QCS9100/QCM6490/QCS615 boards\n test: dm: Add partition type GUID lookup test\n\n configs/qcm6490_defconfig | 4 +++\n configs/qcom_qcs615_defconfig | 4 +++\n configs/qcom_qcs9100_defconfig | 3 +-\n disk/part.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++\n drivers/scsi/scsi-uclass.c | 28 +++++++++++++++--\n env/Kconfig | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------\n env/scsi.c | 43 +++++++++++++++-----------\n include/part.h | 21 +++++++++++++\n include/scsi.h | 11 +++++++\n test/dm/part.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 10 files changed, 234 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)\n---\nbase-commit: 4433253ecf2041f9362a763bb6cb79960921ac7e\nchange-id: 20260428-type-7dc867309086\n\nBest regards," }