1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 # Partition configuration
5 config PARTITION_ADVANCED
6 bool "Advanced partition selection"
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.
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.
18 config ACORN_PARTITION
19 bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
20 default y if ARCH_ACORN
22 Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems.
24 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
25 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
26 default y if ARCH_ACORN
27 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
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.
32 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX
33 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
34 default y if ARCH_ACORN
35 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
37 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS
38 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
39 default y if ARCH_ACORN
40 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
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.
45 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS
46 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
47 default y if ARCH_ACORN
48 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
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.
55 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC
56 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
57 default y if ARCH_ACORN
58 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
60 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using
61 the PowerTec SCSI drive.
63 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
64 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
65 default y if ARCH_ACORN
66 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
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.
73 bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
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
84 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
87 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
88 were partitioned on an Alpha machine.
90 config AMIGA_PARTITION
91 bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
92 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y)
94 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
95 were partitioned under AmigaOS.
97 config ATARI_PARTITION
98 bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
101 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
102 were partitioned under the Atari OS.
105 bool "IBM disk label and partition support"
106 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390
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.
113 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
114 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC)
116 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
117 were partitioned on a Macintosh.
119 config MSDOS_PARTITION
120 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
126 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support"
127 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
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
138 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION
139 bool "Minix subpartition support"
140 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
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
146 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
147 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support"
148 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
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.
156 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
157 bool "Unixware slices support"
158 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
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.
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").
174 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
177 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support"
178 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
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".
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.
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
194 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
197 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ldm.rst>.
202 bool "Windows LDM extra logging"
203 depends on LDM_PARTITION
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
212 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
213 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION
215 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
216 partition table format used by SGI machines.
218 config ULTRIX_PARTITION
219 bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
220 default y if MACH_DECSTATION
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.
227 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
228 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X)
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.
241 config KARMA_PARTITION
242 bool "Karma Partition support"
243 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
245 Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it
246 uses a proprietary partition table.
249 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
253 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
254 were partitioned using EFI GPT.
256 config SYSV68_PARTITION
257 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
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
265 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
266 bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
267 select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
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.