File dummy-bootcode-only-for-x86.patch of Package parted

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File dummy-bootcode-only-for-x86.patch of Package parted (Revision dc5588dbfd804708f468eb1571b92f4f)

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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)

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