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README: Add description for the tool intended usage
Add description as to how qcom-ptool is internded to be used and list supported boot flows. Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <[email protected]>
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# qcom-tool
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qcom-ptool contains various device partitioning utilities like ptool.py, gen_partitions.py and various sample partition configuration files needed for Qualcomm SoCs.
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qcom-ptool contains various device partitioning utilities like ptool.py, gen_partitions.py and various sample partition configuration files needed for Qualcomm SoCs. Qualcomm Linux currently supports two reference Linux based OSes (Yocto with [meta-qcom](../meta-qcom) and Debian with [qcom-deb-images](../qcom-deb-images)) which uses
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this tool to generate partition table layouts. The partition GUIDs, names and size budgets are picked to support boot flows as follows:
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- (preferred) "edk2/UEFI": PBL => XBL => edk2/UEFI => high-level OS (Linux)
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- (legacy) "U-Boot/UEFI": PBL => XBL => ABL => U-Boot/UEFI => high-level OS (Linux)
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