linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] partitions/msdos: FreeBSD UFS2 file systems are not recognized

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Message-ID: <a8cd3611-a98e-aaa6-43ba-320666a4ef7c@kernel.dk>
Date:   Fri, 26 May 2017 07:23:35 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Richard Narron <comet.berkeley@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Andries Brouwer <aeb@....nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] partitions/msdos: FreeBSD UFS2 file systems are
 not recognized

On 05/26/2017 04:48 AM, Richard Narron wrote:
> The code in block/partitions/msdos.c recognizes FreeBSD, OpenBSD
> and NetBSD partitions and does a reasonable job picking out OpenBSD
> and NetBSD UFS subpartitions.
> 
> But for FreeBSD the subpartitions are always "bad".
> 
>      Kernel: <bsd:bad subpartition - ignored
> 
> Though all 3 of these BSD systems use UFS as a file system, only
> FreeBSD uses relative start addresses in the subpartition
> declarations.
> 
> The following patch fixes this for FreeBSD partitions and leaves
> the code for OpenBSD and NetBSD intact:

I queued this up 3 days ago, and replied as such. There's no need
to keep sending it.

-- 
Jens Axboe