[PATCH]: Handle lettered OF path partitions on sparc64.

OpenBoot uses ":a", ":b", etc. partition specifiers instead of the numbered ":1", ":2", etc. that the generic ieee1275 code expects. Instead of cruddng up the generic ieee1275 code with this, just convert in the sparc64 specific code beforehand. Committed. 2009-04-30 David S. Miller

[PATCH]: Handle virtual disk device names on powerpc/sparc64

PowerPC and Sparc64 virtualized disks on hypervisor systems are named /dev/vdiskX instead of /dev/vdX. Handle this. Committed. 2009-04-30 David S. Miller * util/hostdisk.c (convert_system_partition_to_system_disk): Handle virtual disk devices named /dev/vdiskX as found on sp

Re: [PATCH]: grub: Partitions can start at zero.

From: Vladimir Serbinenko Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:53:35 +0200 > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:30 AM, David Miller wrote: > >> >> With Sun partitions, individual partitions can start at disk >> address zero. That's right, zero. >> >> This works because UFS and EXT{2,3,4} superblocks are offset >>

Re: mmap services

From: "Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko" Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:36:36 +0200 > Rediffed and reposted due to request by David Miller I've looked these over and I'm completely OK with these changes as long as at least basic testing occurs for the BIOS, ACPI, and EFI cases that are effected by this