Greg Kroah-Hartman | b244131 | 2017-11-01 15:07:57 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | # |
| 3 | # Partition configuration |
| 4 | # |
| 5 | config PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 6 | bool "Advanced partition selection" |
| 7 | help |
| 8 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 9 | were partitioned under an operating system running on a different |
| 10 | architecture than your Linux system. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the |
| 13 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all |
| 14 | the questions about foreign partitioning schemes. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | If unsure, say N. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | config ACORN_PARTITION |
| 19 | bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 20 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
| 21 | help |
| 22 | Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | help |
| 29 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 30 | were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | |
| 37 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | help |
| 42 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 43 | were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | help |
| 50 | The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the |
| 51 | RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC |
| 52 | systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say |
| 53 | `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | help |
| 60 | Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using |
| 61 | the PowerTec SCSI drive. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | default y if ARCH_ACORN |
Russell King | 50365c5 | 2006-01-09 14:15:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | depends on ACORN_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | help |
| 68 | Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series |
| 69 | of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able |
| 70 | to read disks partitioned under RISCiX. |
| 71 | |
Philippe De Muyter | 6ceea22 | 2013-07-08 16:01:29 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | config AIX_PARTITION |
| 73 | bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 74 | help |
| 75 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk |
| 76 | partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines |
| 77 | running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where |
| 78 | "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks, |
| 79 | but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which |
| 80 | are contiguous. |
| 81 | Otherwise, say N. |
| 82 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | config OSF_PARTITION |
| 84 | bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 85 | default y if ALPHA |
| 86 | help |
| 87 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 88 | were partitioned on an Alpha machine. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | config AMIGA_PARTITION |
| 91 | bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 92 | default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y) |
| 93 | help |
| 94 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 95 | were partitioned under AmigaOS. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | config ATARI_PARTITION |
| 98 | bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 99 | default y if ATARI |
| 100 | help |
| 101 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 102 | were partitioned under the Atari OS. |
| 103 | |
| 104 | config IBM_PARTITION |
| 105 | bool "IBM disk label and partition support" |
Martin Schwidefsky | 347a8dc | 2006-01-06 00:19:28 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | help |
| 108 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk |
| 109 | partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS. |
| 110 | Otherwise, say N. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | config MAC_PARTITION |
| 113 | bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Olaf Hering | cfa224e | 2006-07-30 03:03:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | help |
| 116 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
| 117 | were partitioned on a Macintosh. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | config MSDOS_PARTITION |
| 120 | bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 121 | default y |
| 122 | help |
| 123 | Say Y here. |
| 124 | |
| 125 | config BSD_DISKLABEL |
| 126 | bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support" |
| 127 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION |
| 128 | help |
| 129 | FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It |
| 130 | requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk |
| 131 | and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its |
| 132 | first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y |
| 133 | here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD |
| 134 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS |
| 135 | file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is |
| 136 | about, say N. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | config MINIX_SUBPARTITION |
| 139 | bool "Minix subpartition support" |
| 140 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION |
| 141 | help |
| 142 | Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux. |
| 143 | Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 |
| 144 | subpartitions. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION |
| 147 | bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support" |
| 148 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION |
| 149 | help |
| 150 | Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition |
| 151 | table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you |
| 152 | to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86 |
| 153 | partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS |
| 154 | file system support", above. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL |
| 157 | bool "Unixware slices support" |
| 158 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION |
Masahiro Yamada | a7f7f62 | 2020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a |
| 161 | partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is |
| 162 | incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read |
| 163 | VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within |
| 164 | Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or |
| 165 | "System V and Coherent file system support", above. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your |
| 168 | Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or |
| 169 | removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to |
| 170 | transport files and directories between unixes (and even other |
| 171 | operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or |
| 172 | preferably "info tar"). |
| 173 | |
| 174 | If you don't know what all this is about, say N. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | config LDM_PARTITION |
| 177 | bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" |
| 178 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Masahiro Yamada | a7f7f62 | 2020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
Anton Altaparmakov | dde3334 | 2007-05-21 09:37:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk |
| 182 | Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks". |
| 183 | |
| 184 | Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR |
| 185 | label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled |
| 186 | Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 187 | |
| 188 | Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around |
| 189 | the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk |
| 190 | Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned, |
| 191 | mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for |
| 192 | rebooting. |
| 193 | |
Anton Altaparmakov | dde3334 | 2007-05-21 09:37:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, |
| 195 | and Vista. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 4f4cfa6 | 2019-06-27 14:56:51 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ldm.rst>. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | |
| 199 | If unsure, say N. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | config LDM_DEBUG |
| 202 | bool "Windows LDM extra logging" |
| 203 | depends on LDM_PARTITION |
| 204 | help |
| 205 | Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be |
| 206 | helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to |
| 207 | report a bug. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | If unsure, say N. |
| 210 | |
| 211 | config SGI_PARTITION |
| 212 | bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Thomas Bogendoerfer | b75cb06 | 2008-02-06 01:37:46 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | help |
| 215 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk |
| 216 | partition table format used by SGI machines. |
| 217 | |
| 218 | config ULTRIX_PARTITION |
| 219 | bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 220 | default y if MACH_DECSTATION |
| 221 | help |
| 222 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk |
| 223 | partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines. |
| 224 | Otherwise, say N. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | config SUN_PARTITION |
| 227 | bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Adrian Bunk | 0b57ee9 | 2005-12-22 21:03:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) |
Masahiro Yamada | a7f7f62 | 2020-06-14 01:50:22 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table |
| 231 | format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to |
| 232 | read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from |
| 233 | within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support", |
| 234 | above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to |
| 235 | your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP |
| 236 | drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and |
| 237 | directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is |
| 238 | given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If |
| 239 | you don't know what all this is about, say N. |
| 240 | |
Bob Copeland | 0e6e1db | 2006-01-16 22:14:20 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | config KARMA_PARTITION |
| 242 | bool "Karma Partition support" |
| 243 | depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 244 | help |
| 245 | Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it |
| 246 | uses a proprietary partition table. |
| 247 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | config EFI_PARTITION |
Diego Calleja | 5f6f38d | 2012-12-03 16:04:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
| 250 | default y |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 251 | select CRC32 |
| 252 | help |
| 253 | Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which |
Johannes Berg | e5d480f | 2007-03-16 13:38:32 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 254 | were partitioned using EFI GPT. |
Philippe De Muyter | 19d0e8c | 2007-05-08 00:29:15 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 255 | |
| 256 | config SYSV68_PARTITION |
| 257 | bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Geert Uytterhoeven | 22258d4 | 2007-05-10 22:22:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | default y if VME |
Philippe De Muyter | 19d0e8c | 2007-05-08 00:29:15 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | help |
| 260 | Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk |
| 261 | partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using |
| 262 | sysv68). |
| 263 | Otherwise, say N. |
Cai Zhiyong | bab5541 | 2013-09-11 14:20:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | |
| 265 | config CMDLINE_PARTITION |
| 266 | bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED |
Paul Gortmaker | 080506a | 2013-09-30 13:45:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 267 | select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER |
Cai Zhiyong | bab5541 | 2013-09-11 14:20:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | help |
Paul Gortmaker | 080506a | 2013-09-30 13:45:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. |
Cai Zhiyong | bab5541 | 2013-09-11 14:20:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. |