1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2# 3# Partition configuration 4# 5config 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 18config 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 24config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA 25 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 26 default y if ARCH_ACORN 27 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 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 32config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX 33 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 34 default y if ARCH_ACORN 35 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 36 37config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS 38 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 39 default y if ARCH_ACORN 40 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 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 45config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS 46 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 47 default y if ARCH_ACORN 48 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 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 55config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC 56 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 57 default y if ARCH_ACORN 58 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 59 help 60 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using 61 the PowerTec SCSI drive. 62 63config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX 64 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 65 default y if ARCH_ACORN 66 depends on ACORN_PARTITION 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 72config 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 83config 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 90config 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 97config 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 104config IBM_PARTITION 105 bool "IBM disk label and partition support" 106 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390 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 112config MAC_PARTITION 113 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 114 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC) 115 help 116 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 117 were partitioned on a Macintosh. 118 119config MSDOS_PARTITION 120 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 121 default y 122 help 123 Say Y here. 124 125config 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 138config 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 146config 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 156config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL 157 bool "Unixware slices support" 158 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION 159 ---help--- 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 176config LDM_PARTITION 177 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support" 178 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED 179 ---help--- 180 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 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. 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. 193 194 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP, 195 and Vista. 196 197 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ldm.rst>. 198 199 If unsure, say N. 200 201config 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 211config SGI_PARTITION 212 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 213 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION 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 218config 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 226config SUN_PARTITION 227 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 228 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X) 229 ---help--- 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 241config 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 248config EFI_PARTITION 249 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 250 default y 251 select CRC32 252 help 253 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which 254 were partitioned using EFI GPT. 255 256config SYSV68_PARTITION 257 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 258 default y if VME 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. 264 265config CMDLINE_PARTITION 266 bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED 267 select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER 268 help 269 Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs. 270 The format for the command line is just like mtdparts. 271
