We currently only have an option for BusyBox blkdiscard, but that one
lacks some options like -z for zeroing the block device.

This can be important as regular discard on an eMMC isn't guaranteed
to clear data.

Add a util-linux blkdiscard option to address this.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
---
 rules/util-linux.in   | 10 ++++++++++
 rules/util-linux.make |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rules/util-linux.in b/rules/util-linux.in
index 8bf035f3901e..83e075852689 100644
--- a/rules/util-linux.in
+++ b/rules/util-linux.in
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ config UTIL_LINUX_ADDPART
        help
          The addpart utility.
 
+config UTIL_LINUX_BLKDISCARD
+       bool
+       depends on !BUSYBOX_BLKDISCARD || ALLYES
+       prompt "blkdiscard"
+       help
+         blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors.
+
+comment "BusyBox' blkdiscard is selected!"
+       depends on BUSYBOX_BLKDISCARD
+
 config UTIL_LINUX_CFDISK
        bool
        select UTIL_LINUX_FDISKS
diff --git a/rules/util-linux.make b/rules/util-linux.make
index 579c165e6edb..02d83715c6f1 100644
--- a/rules/util-linux.make
+++ b/rules/util-linux.make
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPT   := \
        -Dbuild-agetty=$(call ptx/endis, PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_AGETTY)d \
        -Dbuild-bash-completion=disabled \
        -Dbuild-bfs=disabled \
-       -Dbuild-blkdiscard=disabled \
+       -Dbuild-blkdiscard=$(call ptx/endis, PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_BLKDISCARD)d \
        -Dbuild-blkpr=disabled \
        -Dbuild-blkzone=disabled \
        -Dbuild-blockdev=disabled \
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ UTIL_LINUX_LIB-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_LIBFDISK)               
+= fdisk
 
 # disk-utils
 UTIL_LINUX_BIN-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_ADDPART)           += sbin/addpart
+UTIL_LINUX_BIN-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_BLKDISCARD)                += 
sbin/blkdiscard
 UTIL_LINUX_BIN-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_CFDISK)            += sbin/cfdisk
 UTIL_LINUX_BIN-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_DELPART)           += sbin/delpart
 UTIL_LINUX_BIN-$(PTXCONF_UTIL_LINUX_RESIZEPART)                += 
sbin/resizepart
-- 
2.39.5


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