parted/dummy-bootcode-only-for-x86.patch

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From: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@suse.cz>
Subject: parted: dos: Wipe boot code only on x86
Patch-mainline: no, custom SUSE patch
---
libparted/labels/dos.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
Index: parted-3.3/libparted/labels/dos.c
===================================================================
--- parted-3.3.orig/libparted/labels/dos.c
+++ parted-3.3/libparted/labels/dos.c
@@ -1287,6 +1287,12 @@ msdos_write (const PedDisk* disk)
return 0;
DosRawTable *table = (DosRawTable *) s0;
+/*
+ * Some ARM devices, such as the OMAP3 series, have a buggy boot rom that
+ * simply goes into nirvana if it finds non-0 in the first 4 bytes of the SD
+ * card.
+ */
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
/* either no bootrecord at all, or AIX IPL signature ... */
if ( (!table->boot_code[0]) ||
( table->boot_code[0] == (char) 0xc9 &&
@@ -1297,6 +1303,7 @@ msdos_write (const PedDisk* disk)
memset (table, 0, 512);
memcpy (table->boot_code, MBR_BOOT_CODE, sizeof (MBR_BOOT_CODE));
}
+#endif
/* If there is no unique identifier, generate a random one */
if (!table->mbr_signature)