Re: [Gptfdisk-general] [PATCH 0/1] Add partition GUIDs for the Open Network Install Environment project

[Rod S. <rod...@ro...>]

On 01/25/2014 01:13 PM, Curt Brune wrote:
> This patch adds two partition GUIDs for the Open Network Install
> Environment project.
>
> The choice of 0x3000 and 0x3001 was arbitrary.  From
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_type I did not see an existing
> project using MBR type 0x30.
>
> The Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) is a software project
> under the umbrella of the Open Compute Project (OCP).
>
> ONIE comes pre-installed on bare metal network switches, providing a
> standard environment for installing network operating systems.  This
> opens the switch up to multiple network operating system vendors.
>
> References:
>   - http://www.onie.org/
>   - http://www.opencompute.org/assets/Uploads/ONIE-Open-Compute-Proposed-Charter-07082013-2.pdf

Thanks for the patch. I've tentatively accepted it, but I'd appreciate 
seeing a reference that identifies the GUIDs specifically (source code, 
a standards document, etc.).

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Rod Smith
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