Add ppcboot FAT type. Needed to create a bootable powerpc image.
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Authored by imp on Dec 6 2015, 7:01 AM.

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imp updated this revision to Diff 10809.Dec 6 2015, 7:01 AM

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imp added reviewers: emaste, nwhitehorn, marcel.Dec 6 2015, 7:03 AM

It might be better to call this "prepboot" or "chrpboot" or "paprboot", which are various names for the firmware that do this style of booting. Other PPC machines (notably, but not only, Apple hardware) have a completely different system. Otherwise, looks good to me.

In D4407#92745, @nwhitehorn wrote:

It might be better to call this "prepboot" or "chrpboot" or "paprboot", which are various names for the firmware that do this style of booting.

FWIW, my quick googling turns up PPC PReP Boot for this partition type elsewhere.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 6 2015, 12:33 PM