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Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:01:05 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] partitions/efi: add support for uImage.FIT
 sub-partitions
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 09:47:06PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Add new GUID allowing to parse uImage.FIT stored in a GPT partition
> and map filesystem sub-image as sub-partitions.

NAK, we should not go out from the partition code to parse random
weird image formats.  If you want to support uImage.FIT just write
a tinty stackable block driver or dm table for it.