Re: CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:48:22 -0800 (PST)

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On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> 2.1.133-5 fails to compile if CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is enabled; it
> tries to look for BSD_PARTITION, which doesn't exist; this looks like
> it should be FREEBSD_PARTITION *or* NETBSD_PARTITION, or perhaps
> BSDI_PARTIION.
>
> Since I don't know BSD at all I don't know how to fix this, but it
> should either be fixed or the option taken out.

This is due to clashes between two different patches I got that I never
noticed simply because I don't use the BSD disklabel stuff myself.

The fix is to make BSD_PARTITION an alias for FREEBSD_PARTITION. Sorry for
the confusion,

Linus

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