19be96f3fSAl Viro# 29be96f3fSAl Viro# Partition configuration 39be96f3fSAl Viro# 49be96f3fSAl Viroconfig PARTITION_ADVANCED 59be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Advanced partition selection" 69be96f3fSAl Viro help 79be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 89be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned under an operating system running on a different 99be96f3fSAl Viro architecture than your Linux system. 109be96f3fSAl Viro 119be96f3fSAl Viro Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 129be96f3fSAl Viro kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 139be96f3fSAl Viro the questions about foreign partitioning schemes. 149be96f3fSAl Viro 159be96f3fSAl Viro If unsure, say N. 169be96f3fSAl Viro 179be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION 189be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 199be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 209be96f3fSAl Viro help 219be96f3fSAl Viro Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. 229be96f3fSAl Viro 239be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA 249be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 259be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 269be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 279be96f3fSAl Viro help 289be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 299be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. 309be96f3fSAl Viro 319be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX 329be96f3fSAl Viro bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 339be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 349be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 359be96f3fSAl Viro 369be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_ICS 379be96f3fSAl Viro bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 389be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 399be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 409be96f3fSAl Viro help 419be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 429be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. 439be96f3fSAl Viro 449be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS 459be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 469be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 479be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 489be96f3fSAl Viro help 499be96f3fSAl Viro The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the 509be96f3fSAl Viro RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC 519be96f3fSAl Viro systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say 529be96f3fSAl Viro `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. 539be96f3fSAl Viro 549be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC 559be96f3fSAl Viro bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 569be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 579be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 589be96f3fSAl Viro help 599be96f3fSAl Viro Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using 609be96f3fSAl Viro the PowerTec SCSI drive. 619be96f3fSAl Viro 629be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX 639be96f3fSAl Viro bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 649be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ARCH_ACORN 659be96f3fSAl Viro depends on ACORN_PARTITION 669be96f3fSAl Viro help 679be96f3fSAl Viro Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series 689be96f3fSAl Viro of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able 699be96f3fSAl Viro to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. 709be96f3fSAl Viro 716ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyterconfig AIX_PARTITION 726ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 736ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter help 746ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk 756ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines 766ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where 776ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks, 786ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which 796ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter are contiguous. 806ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter Otherwise, say N. 816ceea22bSPhilippe De Muyter 829be96f3fSAl Viroconfig OSF_PARTITION 839be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 849be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ALPHA 859be96f3fSAl Viro help 869be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 879be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned on an Alpha machine. 889be96f3fSAl Viro 899be96f3fSAl Viroconfig AMIGA_PARTITION 909be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 919be96f3fSAl Viro default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) 929be96f3fSAl Viro help 939be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 949be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned under AmigaOS. 959be96f3fSAl Viro 969be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ATARI_PARTITION 979be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 989be96f3fSAl Viro default y if ATARI 999be96f3fSAl Viro help 1009be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 1019be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned under the Atari OS. 1029be96f3fSAl Viro 1039be96f3fSAl Viroconfig IBM_PARTITION 1049be96f3fSAl Viro bool "IBM disk label and partition support" 1059be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 1069be96f3fSAl Viro help 1079be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk 1089be96f3fSAl Viro partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. 1099be96f3fSAl Viro Otherwise, say N. 1109be96f3fSAl Viro 1119be96f3fSAl Viroconfig MAC_PARTITION 1129be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 1139be96f3fSAl Viro default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) 1149be96f3fSAl Viro help 1159be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 1169be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned on a Macintosh. 1179be96f3fSAl Viro 1189be96f3fSAl Viroconfig MSDOS_PARTITION 1199be96f3fSAl Viro bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 1209be96f3fSAl Viro default y 1219be96f3fSAl Viro help 1229be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here. 1239be96f3fSAl Viro 1249be96f3fSAl Viroconfig BSD_DISKLABEL 1259be96f3fSAl Viro bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" 1269be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION 1279be96f3fSAl Viro help 1289be96f3fSAl Viro FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It 1299be96f3fSAl Viro requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk 1309be96f3fSAl Viro and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its 1319be96f3fSAl Viro first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y 1329be96f3fSAl Viro here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD 1339be96f3fSAl Viro partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS 1349be96f3fSAl Viro file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is 1359be96f3fSAl Viro about, say N. 1369be96f3fSAl Viro 1379be96f3fSAl Viroconfig MINIX_SUBPARTITION 1389be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Minix subpartition support" 1399be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION 1409be96f3fSAl Viro help 1419be96f3fSAl Viro Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. 1429be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 1439be96f3fSAl Viro subpartitions. 1449be96f3fSAl Viro 1459be96f3fSAl Viroconfig SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION 1469be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" 1479be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION 1489be96f3fSAl Viro help 1499be96f3fSAl Viro Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition 1509be96f3fSAl Viro table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you 1519be96f3fSAl Viro to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 1529be96f3fSAl Viro partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS 1539be96f3fSAl Viro file system support", above. 1549be96f3fSAl Viro 1559be96f3fSAl Viroconfig UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL 1569be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Unixware slices support" 1579be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION 1589be96f3fSAl Viro ---help--- 1599be96f3fSAl Viro Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a 1609be96f3fSAl Viro partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is 1619be96f3fSAl Viro incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read 1629be96f3fSAl Viro VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within 1639be96f3fSAl Viro Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or 1649be96f3fSAl Viro "System V and Coherent file system support", above. 1659be96f3fSAl Viro 1669be96f3fSAl Viro This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your 1679be96f3fSAl Viro Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or 1689be96f3fSAl Viro removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to 1699be96f3fSAl Viro transport files and directories between unixes (and even other 1709be96f3fSAl Viro operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or 1719be96f3fSAl Viro preferably "info tar"). 1729be96f3fSAl Viro 1739be96f3fSAl Viro If you don't know what all this is about, say N. 1749be96f3fSAl Viro 1759be96f3fSAl Viroconfig LDM_PARTITION 1769be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" 1779be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 1789be96f3fSAl Viro ---help--- 1799be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 1809be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk 1819be96f3fSAl Viro Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". 1829be96f3fSAl Viro 1839be96f3fSAl Viro Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR 1849be96f3fSAl Viro label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled 1859be96f3fSAl Viro Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista. 1869be96f3fSAl Viro 1879be96f3fSAl Viro Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around 1889be96f3fSAl Viro the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk 1899be96f3fSAl Viro Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned, 1909be96f3fSAl Viro mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for 1919be96f3fSAl Viro rebooting. 1929be96f3fSAl Viro 1939be96f3fSAl Viro Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, 1949be96f3fSAl Viro and Vista. 1959be96f3fSAl Viro 1969be96f3fSAl Viro For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>. 1979be96f3fSAl Viro 1989be96f3fSAl Viro If unsure, say N. 1999be96f3fSAl Viro 2009be96f3fSAl Viroconfig LDM_DEBUG 2019be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Windows LDM extra logging" 2029be96f3fSAl Viro depends on LDM_PARTITION 2039be96f3fSAl Viro help 2049be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be 2059be96f3fSAl Viro helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to 2069be96f3fSAl Viro report a bug. 2079be96f3fSAl Viro 2089be96f3fSAl Viro If unsure, say N. 2099be96f3fSAl Viro 2109be96f3fSAl Viroconfig SGI_PARTITION 2119be96f3fSAl Viro bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 2129be96f3fSAl Viro default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION 2139be96f3fSAl Viro help 2149be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk 2159be96f3fSAl Viro partition table format used by SGI machines. 2169be96f3fSAl Viro 2179be96f3fSAl Viroconfig ULTRIX_PARTITION 2189be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 2199be96f3fSAl Viro default y if MACH_DECSTATION 2209be96f3fSAl Viro help 2219be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk 2229be96f3fSAl Viro partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. 2239be96f3fSAl Viro Otherwise, say N. 2249be96f3fSAl Viro 2259be96f3fSAl Viroconfig SUN_PARTITION 2269be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 2279be96f3fSAl Viro default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) 2289be96f3fSAl Viro ---help--- 2299be96f3fSAl Viro Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table 2309be96f3fSAl Viro format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to 2319be96f3fSAl Viro read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from 2329be96f3fSAl Viro within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support", 2339be96f3fSAl Viro above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to 2349be96f3fSAl Viro your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP 2359be96f3fSAl Viro drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and 2369be96f3fSAl Viro directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is 2379be96f3fSAl Viro given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If 2389be96f3fSAl Viro you don't know what all this is about, say N. 2399be96f3fSAl Viro 2409be96f3fSAl Viroconfig KARMA_PARTITION 2419be96f3fSAl Viro bool "Karma Partition support" 2429be96f3fSAl Viro depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 2439be96f3fSAl Viro help 2449be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it 2459be96f3fSAl Viro uses a proprietary partition table. 2469be96f3fSAl Viro 2479be96f3fSAl Viroconfig EFI_PARTITION 2485f6f38dbSDiego Calleja bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 2495f6f38dbSDiego Calleja default y 2509be96f3fSAl Viro select CRC32 2519be96f3fSAl Viro help 2529be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 2539be96f3fSAl Viro were partitioned using EFI GPT. 2549be96f3fSAl Viro 2559be96f3fSAl Viroconfig SYSV68_PARTITION 2569be96f3fSAl Viro bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 2579be96f3fSAl Viro default y if VME 2589be96f3fSAl Viro help 2599be96f3fSAl Viro Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk 2609be96f3fSAl Viro partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using 2619be96f3fSAl Viro sysv68). 2629be96f3fSAl Viro Otherwise, say N. 263bab55417SCai Zhiyong 264bab55417SCai Zhiyongconfig CMDLINE_PARTITION 265bab55417SCai Zhiyong bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 266080506adSPaul Gortmaker select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER 267bab55417SCai Zhiyong help 268080506adSPaul Gortmaker Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. 269bab55417SCai Zhiyong The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. 270