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<dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>,\n Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>,\n Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,\n Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,\n Patrick Delaunay <patrick.delaunay@foss.st.com>,\n Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>,\n =?utf-8?q?Vincent_Stehl=C3=A9?= <vincent.stehle@arm.com>","Subject":"[PATCH v6 1/8] lib: uuid: add partition type GUID for extended\n bootloader","Date":"Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:40:33 +0200","Message-ID":"<20260426154054.2040932-2-dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>","X-Mailer":"git-send-email 2.43.0","In-Reply-To":"<20260426154054.2040932-1-dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>","References":"<20260426154054.2040932-1-dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>","MIME-Version":"1.0","Content-Transfer-Encoding":"8bit","X-BeenThere":"u-boot@lists.denx.de","X-Mailman-Version":"2.1.39","Precedence":"list","List-Id":"U-Boot discussion <u-boot.lists.denx.de>","List-Unsubscribe":"<https://lists.denx.de/options/u-boot>,\n <mailto:u-boot-request@lists.denx.de?subject=unsubscribe>","List-Archive":"<https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/>","List-Post":"<mailto:u-boot@lists.denx.de>","List-Help":"<mailto:u-boot-request@lists.denx.de?subject=help>","List-Subscribe":"<https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot>,\n <mailto:u-boot-request@lists.denx.de?subject=subscribe>","Errors-To":"u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de","Sender":"\"U-Boot\" <u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de>","X-Virus-Scanned":"clamav-milter 0.103.8 at phobos.denx.de","X-Virus-Status":"Clean"},"content":"The Extended Boot Loader Partition (XBOOTLDR) is a standard defined by\nthe Discoverable Partitions Specification (DPS) to host boot loader\nresources outside of the EFI System Partition ([1], [2]).\n\nDefining this GUID (bc13c2ff-59e6-4262-a352-b275fd6f7172) allows U-Boot\nto correctly identify and label these partitions using the \"xbootldr\"\nshorthand.\n\n[1] https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/#extended-boot-loader-partition:~:text=UEFI%20Specification.-,Extended%20Boot%20Loader%20Partition,-bc13c2ff%2D59e6%2D4262\n[2] https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/boot_loader_specification/\nSigned-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi@amarulasolutions.com>\nReviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>\n\n---\n\n(no changes since v2)\n\nChanges in v2:\n- Add links to the XBOOTLDR specification in the commit message\n- Add Reviewed-by tag of Simon Glass\n\n doc/README.gpt     | 2 ++\n include/part_efi.h | 3 +++\n lib/uuid.c         | 1 +\n 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)","diff":"diff --git a/doc/README.gpt b/doc/README.gpt\nindex 386ac2e0fc8f..a6e1fd7ce8d4 100644\n--- a/doc/README.gpt\n+++ b/doc/README.gpt\n@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ Some strings can be also used at the place of known GUID :\n \t                    (E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928)\n \t\"u-boot-env\"      = PARTITION_U_BOOT_ENVIRONMENT\n \t                    (3DE21764-95BD-54BD-A5C3-4ABE786F38A8)\n+\t\"xbootldr\"        = PARTITION_XBOOTLDR\n+\t                    (BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172)\n \n     \"uuid_disk=...;name=u-boot,size=60MiB,uuid=...;\n \tname=kernel,size=60MiB,uuid=...,type=linux;\"\ndiff --git a/include/part_efi.h b/include/part_efi.h\nindex 2cea50880465..5713b3018f42 100644\n--- a/include/part_efi.h\n+++ b/include/part_efi.h\n@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@\n #define PARTITION_U_BOOT_ENVIRONMENT \\\n \tEFI_GUID( 0x3de21764, 0x95bd, 0x54bd, \\\n \t\t0xa5, 0xc3, 0x4a, 0xbe, 0x78, 0x6f, 0x38, 0xa8)\n+#define PARTITION_XBOOTLDR \\\n+\tEFI_GUID( 0xbc13c2ff, 0x59e6, 0x4262, \\\n+\t\t0xa3, 0x52, 0xb2, 0x75, 0xfd, 0x6f, 0x71, 0x72)\n \n /* Special ChromiumOS things */\n #define PARTITION_CROS_KERNEL \\\ndiff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c\nindex 3a666d0430db..d7c164ea06bf 100644\n--- a/lib/uuid.c\n+++ b/lib/uuid.c\n@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static const struct {\n \t{\"swap\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_LINUX_SWAP_GUID},\n \t{\"lvm\",\t\tNULL,\tPARTITION_LINUX_LVM_GUID},\n \t{\"u-boot-env\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_U_BOOT_ENVIRONMENT},\n+\t{\"xbootldr\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_XBOOTLDR},\n \t{\"cros-kern\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_CROS_KERNEL},\n \t{\"cros-root\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_CROS_ROOT},\n \t{\"cros-fw\",\tNULL,\tPARTITION_CROS_FIRMWARE},\n","prefixes":["v6","1/8"]}