3 files changed, 42 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index a166d3f614..13b6a0cc72 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -739,6 +739,30 @@ class Wic2(WicTestCase):
                 ])
 
         with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as tempf:
+            # Test that partitions can be placed on a 512 byte sector boundary
+            tempf.write("bootloader --ptable gpt\n" \
+                        "part /    --source rootfs --ondisk hda --offset 65s --fixed-size 99M --fstype=ext4\n" \
+                        "part /bar                 --ondisk hda --offset 102432 --fixed-size 100M --fstype=ext4\n")
+            tempf.flush()
+
+            _, partlns = self._get_wic_partitions(tempf.name, native_sysroot)
+            self.assertEqual(partlns, [
+                "1:32.5kiB:101408kiB:101376kiB:ext4:primary:;",
+                "2:102432kiB:204832kiB:102400kiB:ext4:primary:;",
+                ])
+
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as tempf:
+            # Test that a partition can be placed immediately after a MSDOS partition table
+            tempf.write("bootloader --ptable msdos\n" \
+                        "part /    --source rootfs --ondisk hda --offset 1s --fixed-size 100M --fstype=ext4\n")
+            tempf.flush()
+
+            _, partlns = self._get_wic_partitions(tempf.name, native_sysroot)
+            self.assertEqual(partlns, [
+                "1:0.50kiB:102400kiB:102400kiB:ext4::;",
+                ])
+
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as tempf:
             # Test that image creation fails if the partitions would overlap
             tempf.write("bootloader --ptable gpt\n" \
                         "part /    --source rootfs --ondisk hda --offset 32     --fixed-size 100M --fstype=ext4\n" \
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
index ac6f427564..76cc55b848 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/ksparser.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class KickStartParser(ArgumentParser):
     def error(self, message):
         raise ArgumentError(None, message)
 
-def sizetype(default):
+def sizetype(default, size_in_bytes=False):
     def f(arg):
         """
         Custom type for ArgumentParser
-        Converts size string in <num>[K|k|M|G] format into the integer value
+        Converts size string in <num>[S|s|K|k|M|G] format into the integer value
         """
         try:
             suffix = default
@@ -67,12 +67,20 @@ def sizetype(default):
             except ValueError:
                 raise ArgumentTypeError("Invalid size: %r" % arg)
 
+
+        if size_in_bytes:
+            if suffix == 's' or suffix == 'S':
+                return size * 512
+            mult = 1024
+        else:
+            mult = 1
+
         if suffix == "k" or suffix == "K":
-            return size
+            return size * mult
         if suffix == "M":
-            return size * 1024
+            return size * mult * 1024
         if suffix == "G":
-            return size * 1024 * 1024
+            return size * mult * 1024 * 1024
 
         raise ArgumentTypeError("Invalid size: %r" % arg)
     return f
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ class KickStart():
         part.add_argument('mountpoint', nargs='?')
         part.add_argument('--active', action='store_true')
         part.add_argument('--align', type=int)
-        part.add_argument('--offset', type=sizetype("K"))
+        part.add_argument('--offset', type=sizetype("K", True))
         part.add_argument('--exclude-path', nargs='+')
         part.add_argument('--include-path', nargs='+')
         part.add_argument("--extra-space", type=sizetype("M"))
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
index 2f01999405..55db826e93 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
@@ -429,14 +429,14 @@ class PartitionedImage():
                     self.offset += align_sectors
 
             if part.offset is not None:
-                offset = (part.offset * 1024) // self.sector_size
+                offset = part.offset // self.sector_size
 
-                if offset * self.sector_size != part.offset * 1024:
-                    raise WicError("Could not place %s%s at offset %dK with sector size %d" % (part.disk, self.numpart, part.offset, self.sector_size))
+                if offset * self.sector_size != part.offset:
+                    raise WicError("Could not place %s%s at offset %d with sector size %d" % (part.disk, self.numpart, part.offset, self.sector_size))
 
                 delta = offset - self.offset
                 if delta < 0:
-                    raise WicError("Could not place %s%s at offset %dK: next free sector is %d (delta: %d)" % (part.disk, self.numpart, part.offset, self.offset, delta))
+                    raise WicError("Could not place %s%s at offset %d: next free sector is %d (delta: %d)" % (part.disk, self.numpart, part.offset, self.offset, delta))
 
                 logger.debug("Skipping %d sectors to place %s%s at offset %dK",
                              delta, part.disk, self.numpart, part.offset)