kiwi.partitioner Package

Submodules

kiwi.partitioner.base Module

class kiwi.partitioner.base.PartitionerBase(disk_provider: DeviceProvider, start_sector: int | None = None, extended_layout: bool = False)

Bases: object

Base class for partitioners

create(name: str, mbsize: int, type_name: str, flags: List[str] = [])

Create partition

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

Parameters:

• name (string) – unused

• mbsize (int) – unused

• type_name (string) – unused

• flags (list) – unused

get_id() → int

Current partition number

Zero indicates no partition has been created so far

Returns:

partition number

Return type:

int

post_init() → None

Post initialization method

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

resize_table(entries: int = 0)

Resize partition table

Parameters:

entries (int) – unused

set_flag(partition_id: int, flag_name: str)

Set partition flag

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

Parameters:

• partition_id (int) – unused

• flag_name (string) – unused

set_hybrid_mbr()

Turn partition table into hybrid table if supported

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

set_mbr()

Turn partition table into MBR (msdos table)

Implementation in specialized partitioner class

set_start_sector(start_sector: int)

Set start sector of first partition as configured

Parameters:

start_sector (int) – unused

Does nothing by default

kiwi.partitioner.dasd Module

class kiwi.partitioner.dasd.PartitionerDasd(disk_provider: DeviceProvider, start_sector: int | None = None, extended_layout: bool = False)

Bases: PartitionerBase

Implements DASD partition setup

create(name: str, mbsize: int, type_name: str, flags: List[str] | None = None) → None

Create DASD partition

Parameters:

• name (string) – partition name

• mbsize (int) – partition size

• type_name (string) – unused

• flags (list) – unused

post_init() → None

Post initialization method

Setup fdasd partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries: int | None = None) → None

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: DeviceProvider, start_sector: int | None = None, extended_layout: bool = False)

Bases: PartitionerBase

Implements GPT partition setup

create(name: str, mbsize: int, type_name: str, flags: List[str] | None = None) → None

Create GPT partition

Parameters:

• name (string) – partition name

• mbsize (int) – partition size

• type_name (string) – partition type

• flags (list) – additional flags

post_init() → None

Post initialization method

Setup gdisk partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries: int = 128) → None

Resize partition table

Parameters:

entries (int) – number of default entries

set_flag(partition_id: int, flag_name: str) → None

Set GPT partition flag

Parameters:

• partition_id (int) – partition number

• flag_name (string) – name from flag map

set_hybrid_mbr() → None

Turn partition table into hybrid GPT/MBR table

set_mbr() → None

Turn partition table into MBR (msdos table)

kiwi.partitioner.msdos Module

class kiwi.partitioner.msdos.PartitionerMsDos(disk_provider: DeviceProvider, start_sector: int | None = None, extended_layout: bool = False)

Bases: PartitionerBase

Implement old style msdos partition setup

create(name: str, mbsize: int, type_name: str, flags: List[str] = []) → None

Create msdos partition

Parameters:

• name (string) – partition name

• mbsize (int) – partition size

• type_name (string) – partition type

• flags (list) – additional flags

post_init() → None

Post initialization method

Setup sfdisk partition type/flag map

resize_table(entries: int | None = None) → None

Resize partition table

Nothing to be done here for msdos table

Parameters:

entries (int) – unused

set_flag(partition_id: int, flag_name: str) → None

Set msdos partition flag

Parameters:

• partition_id (int) – partition number

• flag_name (string) – name from flag map

set_start_sector(start_sector: int)

Set start sector of first partition as configured. fdisk and friends are not able to work correctly if the start sector of the first partition is any different from 2048.

Parameters:

start_sector (int) – sector size

Module Contents

class kiwi.partitioner.Partitioner

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

• extended_layout (bool) – support extended layout for msdos table

static new(table_type: str, storage_provider: object, start_sector: int | None = None, extended_layout: bool = False)