XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org 
  
 On 29/08/2025 at 15:14, Pascal Hambourg wrote: 
 > 
 > The default partition table type for arm64/* and armhf/efi platforms is 
 > GPT. However, GPT standard layout overlaps with the boot location of 
 > some SoC families such as Allwinner sunxi and NXP/Freescale i.MX. 
 (...) 
 > The default partition table type is used by both manual creation of a 
 > new partition table in normal install and guided partitioning using an 
 > entire disk. 
 (...) 
 > Proposed solutions: 
 > - Force MSDOS default type on SD/eMMC if the platform boot location 
 > overlaps with the GPT area. 
 > - Force MSDOS default type on SD/eMMC if the platform boot location 
 > overlaps with the GPT area and a boot loader is detected. 
 > - Force MSDOS default type on SD/eMMC if the platform boot location 
 > overlaps with the GPT area and a boot loader is detected or the platform 
 > does not support an alternate boot location. 
  
 - Additionally for automatic partitioning, if the current partition 
 table is GPT, then just remove all partitions instead of creating a new 
 partition table, assuming that the existing partition table does not 
 overlap with U-Boot. 
  
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