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authorAnton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net>2007-05-21 09:37:42 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-21 09:58:40 -0700
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LDM: Fix for Windows Vista dynamic disks
This fixes the LDM driver so that it works with Windows Vista dynamic disks which are subtly different to Windows 2000/XP ones. The patch was needed to get a Vista formatted dynamic disk to be recognized and parsed successfully. Thanks go to Chris Teachworth for the report and testing. Cc: Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org> Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/fs/partitions/Kconfig b/fs/partitions/Kconfig
index 7638a1c42a7d..a99acd8de353 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/partitions/Kconfig
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ config LDM_PARTITION
depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
---help---
Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
- were partitioned using Windows 2000's or XP's Logical Disk Manager.
- They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
+ were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk
+ Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
+
+ Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR
+ label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled
+ Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista.
Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around
the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk
@@ -175,8 +179,8 @@ config LDM_PARTITION
mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for
rebooting.
- Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000 and
- XP.
+ Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
+ and Vista.
For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>.