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From: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] partitions/Kconfig: add the AIX_PARTITION entry
Date: Wed,  1 May 2013 08:09:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1367388562-2213-6-git-send-email-phdm@macqel.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1367388562-2213-1-git-send-email-phdm@macqel.be>

From: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>

This is the final patch enabling a user to select AIX lvm partitions
detection.

Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
 block/partitions/Kconfig |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig
index 75a54e1..4cebb2f 100644
--- a/block/partitions/Kconfig
+++ b/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
-- 
1.7.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-05-01  6:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-01  6:09 [PATCH v3 0/5] partitions: Add aix lvm partitions support Philippe De Muyter
2013-05-01  6:09 ` [PATCH 1/5] partitions/msdos.c: end-of-line whitespace and semicolon cleanup Philippe De Muyter
2013-05-01  6:09 ` [PATCH 2/5] partitions: Add aix lvm partitions support files Philippe De Muyter
2013-05-01  6:09 ` [PATCH 3/5] partitions/msdos: enumerate also AIX LVM partitions Philippe De Muyter
2013-05-01  6:09 ` [PATCH 4/5] partitions/Makefile: compile aix.c if configured Philippe De Muyter
2013-05-01  6:09 ` Philippe De Muyter [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-29 21:18 [PATCH v2 0/5] partitions: add AIX LVM support Philippe De Muyter
2013-04-29 21:18 ` [PATCH 5/5] partitions/Kconfig: add the AIX_PARTITION entry Philippe De Muyter
2013-04-25 21:10 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Add aix lvm partitions support Philippe De Muyter
2013-04-25 21:10 ` [PATCH 5/5] partitions/Kconfig: add the AIX_PARTITION entry Philippe De Muyter

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