hi all,
this one patch i believe is harmless as it only
reads partition table, but who knows. the diff
is against 2.4.0.
the patch locates partitions inside the plan9
partition table.
as you may know, a plan9 partition table has three
type of partitions inside (9fat, fs, and swap).
9fat is fat16.
with msdos file system, linux will mount 9fat partition,
so you could use the 9fat and other fat16 partition inside
plan9 from linux and plan9.
i can't find anyone with plan9 to test, but it works for
me, so...
imel
diff -ur linux~/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux~/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Jan 5 16:27:43 2001
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Sat Jan 13 14:46:10 2001
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Maintained by Axel Boldt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
#
# This version of the Linux kernel configuration help texts
-# corresponds to the kernel versions 2.3.x.
+# corresponds to the kernel versions 2.4.x.
#
# Translations of this file available on the WWW:
#
@@ -11469,6 +11469,17 @@
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION
Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
were partitioned on an x86 PC (not necessarily by DOS).
+
+Plan9 partition table support (EXPERIMENTAL)
+CONFIG_PLAN9_PARTITION
+ Plan9 uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
+ requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk
+ and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions. Saying Y
+ here allows you to read the existing partitions, and mount FAT16
+ partitions from within Linux, if you have also said Y to "MSDOS fs
+ support" or "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support". You can mount the first
+ FAT16 partition (9fat) directly without this. If you don't know what
+ all this is about, say N.
BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
diff -ur linux~/fs/partitions/Config.in linux/fs/partitions/Config.in
--- linux~/fs/partitions/Config.in Mon Jul 10 12:21:41 2000
+++ linux/fs/partitions/Config.in Sun Jan 7 18:37:27 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
bool ' BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support'
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
bool ' Solaris (x86) partition table support' CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
bool ' Unixware slices support' CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
+ dep_bool ' Plan9 partition support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_PLAN9_PARTITION
+$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
fi
bool ' SGI partition support' CONFIG_SGI_PARTITION
bool ' Ultrix partition table support' CONFIG_ULTRIX_PARTITION
diff -ur linux~/fs/partitions/msdos.c linux/fs/partitions/msdos.c
--- linux~/fs/partitions/msdos.c Fri Nov 17 17:18:46 2000
+++ linux/fs/partitions/msdos.c Sun Jan 7 18:46:34 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
* Check partition table on IDE disks for common CHS translations
*
* Re-organised Feb 1998 Russell King
+ *
+ * plan9 partition hack 2001 Jan, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*/
#include <linux/config.h>
@@ -228,6 +230,55 @@
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLAN9_PARTITION
+
+static void add_plan9_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct plan9_partition
+ *plan9_p, int minor)
+{
+ add_gd_partition(hd, current_minor, plan9_p->p_offset, plan9_p->p_size);
+ current_minor++;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create devices for plan9 partitions listed in a disklabel, under a
+ * dos-like partition. See bsd code for more information.
+ */
+static void plan9_disklabel_partition(struct gendisk *hd, int minor, int st_sec)
+{
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+ struct plan9_partition p;
+ char * ptr;
+ char buf[40];
+
+ if (!(bh = get_partition_table_block(hd, minor, 0)))
+ return;
+
+ printk(" %s: <plan9:", disk_name(hd, minor, buf));
+ ptr = bh->b_data + 0x200;
+
+ while (!strncmp(ptr, "part", 4)) {
+
+ /* locate offset number (which is two spaces away) */
+ while (*ptr++ != ' ');
+ while (*ptr++ != ' ');
+ p.p_offset = simple_strtoul(ptr, NULL, 10);
+
+ /* find end sector number (next number) */
+ while (*ptr++ != ' ');
+ p.p_size = simple_strtoul(ptr, NULL, 10) - p.p_offset;
+ p.p_offset += st_sec;
+
+ add_plan9_partition(hd, &p, minor);
+
+ /* go on to next partition */
+ while (*ptr++ != '\n');
+ }
+ bforget(bh);
+ printk(" >\n");
+}
+
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
static void
check_and_add_bsd_partition(struct gendisk *hd,
@@ -499,6 +550,10 @@
SYS_IND(p) == NETBSD_PARTITION ||
SYS_IND(p) == OPENBSD_PARTITION)
bsd_disklabel_partition(hd, minor, SYS_IND(p));
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLAN9_PARTITION
+ if (SYS_IND(p) == PLAN9_PARTITION)
+ plan9_disklabel_partition(hd, minor, START_SECT(p));
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
if (SYS_IND(p) == UNIXWARE_PARTITION)
diff -ur linux~/include/linux/genhd.h linux/include/linux/genhd.h
--- linux~/include/linux/genhd.h Fri Nov 17 17:23:56 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/genhd.h Sat Jan 13 14:49:17 2001
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@
#endif /* CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLAN9_PARTITION
+
+#define PLAN9_PARTITION 0x39
+
+struct plan9_partition { /* the partition table */
+ unsigned long p_size; /* number of sectors in partition */
+ unsigned long p_offset; /* starting sector */
+};
+
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
/*
* BSD disklabel support by Yossi Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
