kiwi.partitioner Package

Submodules

kiwi.partitioner.base Module

class kiwi.partitioner.base.PartitionerBase(disk_provider, start_sector=None)[source]

Bases: object

Base class for partitioners

Parameters

  • disk_provider (object) – Instance of DeviceProvider

  • start_sector (int) – sector number

create(name, mbsize, type_name, flags=None)[source]

Create partition

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

Parameters

  • name (string) – unused

  • mbsize (int) – unused

  • type_name (string) – unused

  • flags (list) – unused

get_id()[source]

Current partition number

Zero indicates no partition has been created so far

Returns

partition number

Return type

int

post_init()[source]

Post initialization method

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

resize_table(entries=None)[source]

Resize partition table

Parameters

entries (int) – unused

set_flag(partition_id, flag_name)[source]

Set partition flag

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

Parameters

  • partition_id (int) – unused

  • flag_name (string) – unused

set_hybrid_mbr()[source]

Turn partition table into hybrid table if supported

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

set_mbr()[source]

Turn partition table into MBR (msdos table)

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

kiwi.partitioner.dasd Module

class kiwi.partitioner.dasd.PartitionerDasd(disk_provider, start_sector=None)[source]

Bases: kiwi.partitioner.base.PartitionerBase

Implements DASD partition setup

create(name, mbsize, type_name, flags=None)[source]

Create DASD partition

Parameters

  • name (string) – partition name

  • mbsize (int) – partition size

  • type_name (string) – unused

  • flags (list) – unused

post_init()[source]

Post initialization method

Setup fdasd partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries=None)[source]

Resize partition table

Nothing to be done here for DASD devices

Parameters

entries (int) – unused

kiwi.partitioner.gpt Module

class kiwi.partitioner.gpt.PartitionerGpt(disk_provider, start_sector=None)[source]

Bases: kiwi.partitioner.base.PartitionerBase

Implements GPT partition setup

create(name, mbsize, type_name, flags=None)[source]

Create GPT partition

Parameters

  • name (string) – partition name

  • mbsize (int) – partition size

  • type_name (string) – partition type

  • flags (list) – additional flags

post_init()[source]

Post initialization method

Setup gdisk partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries=128)[source]

Resize partition table

Parameters

entries (int) – number of default entries

set_flag(partition_id, flag_name)[source]

Set GPT partition flag

Parameters

  • partition_id (int) – partition number

  • flag_name (string) – name from flag map

set_hybrid_mbr()[source]

Turn partition table into hybrid GPT/MBR table

set_mbr()[source]

Turn partition table into MBR (msdos table)

kiwi.partitioner.msdos Module

class kiwi.partitioner.msdos.PartitionerMsDos(disk_provider, start_sector=None)[source]

Bases: kiwi.partitioner.base.PartitionerBase

Implement old style msdos partition setup

create(name, mbsize, type_name, flags=None)[source]

Create msdos partition

Parameters

  • name (string) – partition name

  • mbsize (int) – partition size

  • type_name (string) – partition type

  • flags (list) – additional flags

post_init()[source]

Post initialization method

Setup sfdisk partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries=None)[source]

Resize partition table

Nothing to be done here for msdos table

Parameters

entries (int) – unused

set_flag(partition_id, flag_name)[source]

Set msdos partition flag

Parameters

  • partition_id (int) – partition number

  • flag_name (string) – name from flag map

Module Contents

class kiwi.partitioner.Partitioner(table_type, storage_provider, start_sector=None)[source]

Bases: object

Partitioner factory

Parameters

  • table_type (string) – Table type name

  • storage_provider (object) – Instance of class based on DeviceProvider

  • start_sector (int) – sector number