Subject: + partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-add-the-aix_partition-entry.patch added to -mm tree
To: phdm@xxxxxxxxx,axboe@xxxxxxxxx,kzak@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:42:08 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files: add the AIX_PARTITION entry
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-add-the-aix_partition-entry.patch
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From: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files: add the AIX_PARTITION entry
This is the final patch enabling a user to select AIX lvm partitions
detection.
Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/partitions/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff -puN block/partitions/Kconfig~partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-add-the-aix_partition-entry block/partitions/Kconfig
--- a/block/partitions/Kconfig~partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-add-the-aix_partition-entry
+++ a/block/partitions/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
+config AIX_PARTITION
+ bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
+ help
+ Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
+ partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines
+ running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where
+ "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks,
+ but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which
+ are contiguous.
+ Otherwise, say N.
+
config OSF_PARTITION
bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
default y if ALPHA
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from phdm@xxxxxxxxx are
partitions-msdosc-end-of-line-whitespace-and-semicolon-cleanup.patch
partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files.patch
partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-compile-aixc-if-configured.patch
partitions-add-aix-lvm-partition-support-files-add-the-aix_partition-entry.patch
partitions-msdos-enumerate-also-aix-lvm-partitions.patch
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