From 8f0816db18b5c25dd4835f92f83b7cf48e259495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andries E. Brouwer" Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:18:17 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] new Solaris partition ID Sun tells me: For many years both Solaris x86 and Linux have used the same fdisk partition id of 0x82. Solaris uses that identifier to allocate disk space which is then further subdivided by the Solaris VTOC (Volume Table of Contents) and Linux uses that id as the identifier for its swap partition. The new release of Solaris should be out early next year. Solaris will begin using a partition id of 0xbf. We will continue to support the older partition id value of 0x82 for compatibility reasons. Solaris's fdisk program has been enhanced to allow system administrators to switch back and forth between the new and old identifier without any loss of data. So, this may be useful to some people a few months from now. --- include/linux/genhd.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h index 0692f7778f4f..ddde66abea1b 100644 --- a/include/linux/genhd.h +++ b/include/linux/genhd.h @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum { LINUX_RAID_PARTITION = 0xfd, /* autodetect RAID partition */ SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION = LINUX_SWAP_PARTITION, + NEW_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION = 0xbf, DM6_AUX1PARTITION = 0x51, /* no DDO: use xlated geom */ DM6_AUX3PARTITION = 0x53, /* no DDO: use xlated geom */ -- cgit v1.2.3