Subject: Re: RFC: Changing default partition type for linux/ppc
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (bh40@calva.net)
Date: Fri Jul 07 2000 - 16:21:37 MDT
>with "Apple_"
>
>My vote: let the kernel still look for Apple_UNIX_SVR2 the way it does
>now. Then I would like it to be able to use anything that starts with
>"Linux". That way people can name there parts types whatever they want,
>but Linux_ext2 and Linux_swap should be defaults.
The kernel will be able to use anything. The only kernel change concerns
the root auto-detect stuff.
What will need to change, however, are the various distro installers,
pdisk, yaboot, perhaps quik, ...
Ben.
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