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authorEd Bartosh <ed.bartosh@linux.intel.com>2016-01-05 14:59:01 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-01-07 12:13:46 +0000
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dev-manual: Added three new wic option descriptions.
* --part-type * --use-uuid * --uuid (From yocto-docs rev: 63e08898bc2853789a0a13ce015183a35cf1a92a) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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"1".
The default value is "1.3".
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>--part-type</filename>:</emphasis>
+ This option is a <filename>wic</filename>-specific
+ option that specifies the partition type globally
+ unique identifier (GUID) for GPT partitions.
+ You can find the list of partition type GUIDs
+ at
+ <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 a <filename>wic</filename>-specific
+ option that causes <filename>wic</filename> to
+ generate a random GUID for the partition.
+ The generated identifier is used in the bootloader
+ configuration to specify the root partition.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>--uuid</filename>:</emphasis>
+ This option is a <filename>wic</filename>-specific
+ option that specifies the partition UUID.
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>