1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 <<
2 # 1 #
3 # Partition configuration 2 # Partition configuration
4 # 3 #
5 menu "Partition Types" <<
6 <<
7 config PARTITION_ADVANCED 4 config PARTITION_ADVANCED
8 bool "Advanced partition selection" 5 bool "Advanced partition selection"
9 help 6 help
10 Say Y here if you would like to use 7 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
11 were partitioned under an operating 8 were partitioned under an operating system running on a different
12 architecture than your Linux system. 9 architecture than your Linux system.
13 10
14 Note that the answer to this questio 11 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
15 kernel: saying N will just cause the 12 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
16 the questions about foreign partitio 13 the questions about foreign partitioning schemes.
17 14
18 If unsure, say N. 15 If unsure, say N.
19 16
20 config ACORN_PARTITION 17 config ACORN_PARTITION
21 bool "Acorn partition support" if PART 18 bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
22 default y if ARCH_ACORN 19 default y if ARCH_ACORN
23 help 20 help
24 Support hard disks partitioned under 21 Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems.
25 22
26 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA 23 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
27 bool "Cumana partition support" if PAR 24 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
28 default y if ARCH_ACORN 25 default y if ARCH_ACORN
29 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 26 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
30 help 27 help
31 Say Y here if you would like to use 28 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
32 were partitioned using the Cumana in 29 were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines.
33 30
34 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX 31 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX
35 bool "EESOX partition support" if PART 32 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
36 default y if ARCH_ACORN 33 default y if ARCH_ACORN
37 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 34 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
38 35
39 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS 36 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS
40 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTIT 37 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
41 default y if ARCH_ACORN 38 default y if ARCH_ACORN
42 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 39 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
43 help 40 help
44 Say Y here if you would like to use 41 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
45 were partitioned using the ICS inter 42 were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines.
46 43
47 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS 44 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS
48 bool "Native filecore partition suppor 45 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
49 default y if ARCH_ACORN 46 default y if ARCH_ACORN
50 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 47 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
51 help 48 help
52 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the 49 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
53 RiscOS operating system which runs o 50 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
54 systems and the Acorn Archimedes ran 51 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say
55 `Y' here, Linux will support disk pa 52 `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS.
56 53
57 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC 54 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC
58 bool "PowerTec partition support" if P 55 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
59 default y if ARCH_ACORN 56 default y if ARCH_ACORN
60 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 57 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
61 help 58 help
62 Support reading partition tables cre 59 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using
63 the PowerTec SCSI drive. 60 the PowerTec SCSI drive.
64 61
65 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX 62 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
66 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PAR 63 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
67 default y if ARCH_ACORN 64 default y if ARCH_ACORN
68 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 65 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
69 help 66 help
70 Once upon a time, there was a native 67 Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series
71 of machines called RISCiX. If you s 68 of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
72 to read disks partitioned under RISC 69 to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
73 70
74 config AIX_PARTITION 71 config AIX_PARTITION
75 bool "AIX basic partition table suppor 72 bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
76 help 73 help
77 Say Y here if you would like to be a 74 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
78 partition table format used by IBM o 75 partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines
79 running AIX. AIX actually uses a Lo 76 running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where
80 "logical volumes" can be spread acro 77 "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks,
81 but this driver works only for the s 78 but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which
82 are contiguous. 79 are contiguous.
83 Otherwise, say N. 80 Otherwise, say N.
84 81
85 config OSF_PARTITION 82 config OSF_PARTITION
86 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if 83 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
87 default y if ALPHA 84 default y if ALPHA
88 help 85 help
89 Say Y here if you would like to use 86 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
90 were partitioned on an Alpha machine 87 were partitioned on an Alpha machine.
91 88
92 config AMIGA_PARTITION 89 config AMIGA_PARTITION
93 bool "Amiga partition table support" i 90 bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
94 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) 91 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y)
95 help 92 help
96 Say Y here if you would like to use 93 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
97 were partitioned under AmigaOS. 94 were partitioned under AmigaOS.
98 95
99 config ATARI_PARTITION 96 config ATARI_PARTITION
100 bool "Atari partition table support" i 97 bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
101 default y if ATARI 98 default y if ATARI
102 help 99 help
103 Say Y here if you would like to use 100 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
104 were partitioned under the Atari OS. 101 were partitioned under the Atari OS.
105 102
106 config IBM_PARTITION 103 config IBM_PARTITION
107 bool "IBM disk label and partition sup 104 bool "IBM disk label and partition support"
108 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 105 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390
109 help 106 help
110 Say Y here if you would like to be a 107 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
111 partition table format used by IBM D 108 partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS.
112 Otherwise, say N. 109 Otherwise, say N.
113 110
114 config MAC_PARTITION 111 config MAC_PARTITION
115 bool "Macintosh partition map support" 112 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
116 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) 113 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC)
117 help 114 help
118 Say Y here if you would like to use 115 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
119 were partitioned on a Macintosh. 116 were partitioned on a Macintosh.
120 117
121 config MSDOS_PARTITION 118 config MSDOS_PARTITION
122 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) 119 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
123 default y 120 default y
124 help 121 help
125 Say Y here. 122 Say Y here.
126 123
127 config BSD_DISKLABEL 124 config BSD_DISKLABEL
128 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition 125 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support"
129 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 126 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
130 help 127 help
131 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk parti 128 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
132 requires only one entry in the prima 129 requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk
133 and manages it similarly to DOS exte 130 and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its
134 first sector a new partition table i 131 first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y
135 here allows you to read these diskla 132 here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD
136 partitions from within Linux if you 133 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
137 file system support", above. If you 134 file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is
138 about, say N. 135 about, say N.
139 136
140 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION 137 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION
141 bool "Minix subpartition support" 138 bool "Minix subpartition support"
142 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 139 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
143 help 140 help
144 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table 141 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux.
145 Say Y here if you want to mount and 142 Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2
146 subpartitions. 143 subpartitions.
147 144
148 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION 145 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
149 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table su 146 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support"
150 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 147 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
151 help 148 help
152 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses 149 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition
153 table format, incompatible with all 150 table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you
154 to read these partition tables and f 151 to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86
155 partitions from within Linux if you 152 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
156 file system support", above. 153 file system support", above.
157 154
158 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL 155 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
159 bool "Unixware slices support" 156 bool "Unixware slices support"
160 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS 157 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
161 help !! 158 ---help---
162 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its 159 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a
163 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of C 160 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is
164 incompatible with all other OSes. Sa 161 incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read
165 VTOC and further mount UnixWare part 162 VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within
166 Linux if you have also said Y to "UF 163 Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or
167 "System V and Coherent file system s 164 "System V and Coherent file system support", above.
168 165
169 This is mainly used to carry data fr 166 This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your
170 Linux box via a removable medium lik 167 Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or
171 removable IDE drives. Note, however, 168 removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to
172 transport files and directories betw 169 transport files and directories between unixes (and even other
173 operating systems) is given by the t 170 operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or
174 preferably "info tar"). 171 preferably "info tar").
175 172
176 If you don't know what all this is a 173 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
177 174
178 config LDM_PARTITION 175 config LDM_PARTITION
179 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dy 176 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support"
180 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 177 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
181 help !! 178 ---help---
182 Say Y here if you would like to use 179 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
183 were partitioned using Windows 2000' 180 were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk
184 Manager. They are also known as "Dy 181 Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
185 182
186 Note this driver only supports Dynam 183 Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR
187 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It 184 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled
188 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created 185 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista.
189 186
190 Windows 2000 introduced the concept 187 Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around
191 the limitations of the PC's partitio 188 the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk
192 Manager allows the user to repartiti 189 Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned,
193 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, a 190 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for
194 rebooting. 191 rebooting.
195 192
196 Normal partitions are now called Bas 193 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
197 and Vista. 194 and Vista.
198 195
199 For a fuller description read <file: !! 196 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>.
200 197
201 If unsure, say N. 198 If unsure, say N.
202 199
203 config LDM_DEBUG 200 config LDM_DEBUG
204 bool "Windows LDM extra logging" 201 bool "Windows LDM extra logging"
205 depends on LDM_PARTITION 202 depends on LDM_PARTITION
206 help 203 help
207 Say Y here if you would like LDM to 204 Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be
208 helpful if the driver doesn't work a 205 helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to
209 report a bug. 206 report a bug.
210 207
211 If unsure, say N. 208 If unsure, say N.
212 209
213 config SGI_PARTITION 210 config SGI_PARTITION
214 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTIT 211 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
215 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION 212 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION
216 help 213 help
217 Say Y here if you would like to be a 214 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
218 partition table format used by SGI m 215 partition table format used by SGI machines.
219 216
220 config ULTRIX_PARTITION 217 config ULTRIX_PARTITION
221 bool "Ultrix partition table support" 218 bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
222 default y if MACH_DECSTATION 219 default y if MACH_DECSTATION
223 help 220 help
224 Say Y here if you would like to be a 221 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
225 partition table format used by DEC ( 222 partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines.
226 Otherwise, say N. 223 Otherwise, say N.
227 224
228 config SUN_PARTITION 225 config SUN_PARTITION
229 bool "Sun partition tables support" if 226 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
230 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) 227 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X)
231 help !! 228 ---help---
232 Like most systems, SunOS uses its ow 229 Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table
233 format, incompatible with all others 230 format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to
234 read these partition tables and furt 231 read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from
235 within Linux if you have also said Y 232 within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support",
236 above. This is mainly used to carry 233 above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to
237 your Linux box via a removable mediu 234 your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP
238 drives; note however that a good por 235 drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and
239 directories between unixes (and even 236 directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is
240 given by the tar program ("man tar" 237 given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If
241 you don't know what all this is abou 238 you don't know what all this is about, say N.
242 239
243 config KARMA_PARTITION 240 config KARMA_PARTITION
244 bool "Karma Partition support" 241 bool "Karma Partition support"
245 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 242 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
246 help 243 help
247 Say Y here if you would like to moun 244 Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it
248 uses a proprietary partition table. 245 uses a proprietary partition table.
249 246
250 config EFI_PARTITION 247 config EFI_PARTITION
251 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if P 248 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
252 default y 249 default y
253 select CRC32 250 select CRC32
254 help 251 help
255 Say Y here if you would like to use 252 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
256 were partitioned using EFI GPT. 253 were partitioned using EFI GPT.
257 254
258 config SYSV68_PARTITION 255 config SYSV68_PARTITION
259 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" 256 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
260 default y if VME 257 default y if VME
261 help 258 help
262 Say Y here if you would like to be a 259 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
263 partition table format used by Motor 260 partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using
264 sysv68). 261 sysv68).
265 Otherwise, say N. 262 Otherwise, say N.
266 263
267 config CMDLINE_PARTITION 264 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
268 bool "Command line partition support" 265 bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
>> 266 select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
269 help 267 help
270 Say Y here if you want to read the p 268 Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs.
271 The format for the command line is j 269 The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.
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