Re: Need for a unique Linux GPT GUID type code (PATCH included)

[Jim Meyering]

KESHAV P.R. wrote:
>      Apart from changing the default GUID in libparted and gdisk, I
> also think the kernel devs should be notified of this change.
> Specifically it should be changed at
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=fs/partitions/efi.h;hb=HEAD
> .
>
> I think PARTITION_SYSTEM_GUID should be renamed to
> PARTITION_UEFI_SYSTEM_GUID , PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID to
> PARTITION_MSFT_BASIC_DATA_GUID , and define the new
> PARTITION_LINUX_BASIC_DATA_GUID . I could'nt find my way through LKML
> on how to post this. As of now these GUIDs are not used anywhere else
> in the source code (I confirmed it using 'git grep <GUID_NAME>') so I
> think its safer to change it now.
>
> Also I don't understand why the kernel devs named the source files
> fs/partitions/efi.{h,c} instead of fs/partitions/gpt.{h,c} . Although
> GPT is part of UEFI spec, UEFI is not required to use GPT.
>
> Can one of the parted devs take htis up in LKML. I couldn't find my
> way through how to post this on LKML except warnings that it is a
> high-volume ML. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, but although the kernel defines PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID,
it does not use it.