* Re: [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default
2003-10-11 14:54 [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default John Levon
@ 2003-10-11 16:11 ` Matt Domsch
2003-10-13 9:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
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From: Matt Domsch @ 2003-10-11 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
> + bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
> + default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && IA64
Can we make CONFIG_LBD force on CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION too then?
-Matt
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2003-10-11 14:54 [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default John Levon
2003-10-11 16:11 ` Matt Domsch
@ 2003-10-13 9:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-10-13 15:21 ` John Levon
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From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2003-10-13 9:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:11:34AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > + bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
> > + default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && IA64
>
> Can we make CONFIG_LBD force on CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION too then?
I know the LBD backport is used with SGI disklabels in production
enviroments. In fact that's the only production use I know of at all...
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2003-10-11 14:54 [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default John Levon
2003-10-11 16:11 ` Matt Domsch
2003-10-13 9:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2003-10-13 15:21 ` John Levon
2003-10-13 15:37 ` Matt_Domsch
2003-10-13 20:55 ` Peter Chubb
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From: John Levon @ 2003-10-13 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:00:47AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > + bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
> > > + default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && IA64
> >
> > Can we make CONFIG_LBD force on CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION too then?
>
> I know the LBD backport is used with SGI disklabels in production
> enviroments. In fact that's the only production use I know of at all...
Besides, unless I'm missing something, current 2.6 doesn't prompt for
LBD for IA64 at all ?
So, anybody want the patch :)
regards
john
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* Re: [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default
2003-10-11 14:54 [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default John Levon
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2003-10-13 15:21 ` John Levon
@ 2003-10-13 15:37 ` Matt_Domsch
2003-10-13 20:55 ` Peter Chubb
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From: Matt_Domsch @ 2003-10-13 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 10:21, John Levon wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:00:47AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > > > + bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
> > > > + default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && IA64
> > >
> > > Can we make CONFIG_LBD force on CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION too then?
> >
> > I know the LBD backport is used with SGI disklabels in production
> > enviroments. In fact that's the only production use I know of at
> all...
>
> Besides, unless I'm missing something, current 2.6 doesn't prompt for
> LBD for IA64 at all ?
>
> So, anybody want the patch :)
Actually, CONFIG_LBD is not necessary on IA-64.
include/linux/types.h:
* The type used for indexing onto a disc or disc partition.
* If required, asm/types.h can override it and define
* HAVE_SECTOR_T
*/
#ifndef HAVE_SECTOR_T
typedef unsigned long sector_t;
#endif
Since HAVE_SECTOR_T isn't ever defined by IA-64, this does the right
thing.
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Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions www.dell.com/linux
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2003-10-11 14:54 [PATCH] select EFI partition support by default John Levon
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2003-10-13 15:37 ` Matt_Domsch
@ 2003-10-13 20:55 ` Peter Chubb
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From: Peter Chubb @ 2003-10-13 20:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-ia64
>>>>> "John" = John Levon <levon@movementarian.org> writes:
John> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:00:47AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig
John> wrote:
>> > > + bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
>> > > + default y if !PARTITION_ADVANCED && IA64
>> >
>> > Can we make CONFIG_LBD force on CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION too then?
>>
>> I know the LBD backport is used with SGI disklabels in production
>> enviroments. In fact that's the only production use I know of at
>> all...
John> Besides, unless I'm missing something, current 2.6 doesn't
John> prompt for LBD for IA64 at all ?
John> So, anybody want the patch :)
There's no need to prompt for CONFIG_LBD in 2.6, as all 64-bit
architectures use 64-bit variables for sector_t.
It's only on 32-bit architectures that it's necessary.
Under 2.4, however, CONFIG_LBD is (or should be) forced on for IA64.
Peterc
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