1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 # Partition configuration
7 config PARTITION_ADVANCED
8 bool "Advanced partition selection"
10 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
11 were partitioned under an operating system running on a different
12 architecture than your Linux system.
14 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
15 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
16 the questions about foreign partitioning schemes.
20 config ACORN_PARTITION
21 bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
22 default y if ARCH_ACORN
24 Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems.
26 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
27 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
28 default y if ARCH_ACORN
29 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
31 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
32 were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines.
34 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX
35 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
36 default y if ARCH_ACORN
37 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
39 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS
40 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
41 default y if ARCH_ACORN
42 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
44 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
45 were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines.
47 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS
48 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
49 default y if ARCH_ACORN
50 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
52 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
53 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
54 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say
55 `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS.
57 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC
58 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
59 default y if ARCH_ACORN
60 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
62 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using
63 the PowerTec SCSI drive.
65 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
66 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
67 default y if ARCH_ACORN
68 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
70 Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series
71 of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
72 to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
75 bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
77 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
78 partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines
79 running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where
80 "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks,
81 but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which
86 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
89 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
90 were partitioned on an Alpha machine.
92 config AMIGA_PARTITION
93 bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
94 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y)
96 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
97 were partitioned under AmigaOS.
99 config ATARI_PARTITION
100 bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
103 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
104 were partitioned under the Atari OS.
107 bool "IBM disk label and partition support"
108 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390
110 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
111 partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS.
115 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
116 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC)
118 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
119 were partitioned on a Macintosh.
121 config MSDOS_PARTITION
122 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
128 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support"
129 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
131 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
132 requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk
133 and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its
134 first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y
135 here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD
136 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
137 file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is
140 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION
141 bool "Minix subpartition support"
142 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
144 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux.
145 Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2
148 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
149 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support"
150 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
152 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition
153 table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you
154 to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86
155 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
156 file system support", above.
158 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
159 bool "Unixware slices support"
160 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
162 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a
163 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is
164 incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read
165 VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within
166 Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or
167 "System V and Coherent file system support", above.
169 This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your
170 Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or
171 removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to
172 transport files and directories between unixes (and even other
173 operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or
174 preferably "info tar").
176 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
179 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support"
180 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
182 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
183 were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk
184 Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
186 Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR
187 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled
188 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista.
190 Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around
191 the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk
192 Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned,
193 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for
196 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
199 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/admin-guide/ldm.rst>.
204 bool "Windows LDM extra logging"
205 depends on LDM_PARTITION
207 Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be
208 helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to
214 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
215 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION
217 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
218 partition table format used by SGI machines.
220 config ULTRIX_PARTITION
221 bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
222 default y if MACH_DECSTATION
224 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
225 partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines.
229 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
230 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X)
232 Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table
233 format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to
234 read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from
235 within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support",
236 above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to
237 your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP
238 drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and
239 directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is
240 given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If
241 you don't know what all this is about, say N.
243 config KARMA_PARTITION
244 bool "Karma Partition support"
245 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
247 Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it
248 uses a proprietary partition table.
251 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
255 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
256 were partitioned using EFI GPT.
258 config SYSV68_PARTITION
259 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
262 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
263 partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using
267 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
268 bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
270 Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs.
271 The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.