[Trac #635] OFW should spit out errors if partition type doesn't match filesystem type

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#635: OFW should spit out errors if partition type doesn't match filesystem type
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 Reporter:  dilinger             |       Owner:  wmb at firmworks.com
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Untriaged        
Component:  ofw - open firmware  |    Keywords:                   
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 If one has disk partition w/ a linux type (type 83), but has it formatted
 for vfat, OFW will ignore it and boot up whatever else it can find.  This
 ends up being incredibly confusing when you pop in a usb disk and wonder
 why OFW continues to boot off nand.  I realize that we don't want OFW to
 have to detect partitions based on magic bits in the filesystem, but it
 would be *much* more helpful if OFW actually spit out an error in this
 instance.  That is, when OFW attempts to boot off a partition and
 discovers that the partition type doesn't match the filesystem, rather
 than silently ignoring it, spit out an error about the mismatch (and
 possibly refuse to continue booting without user intervention).

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/635>
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