#endif /* any CONFIG_..._PARTITION */
-void print_part (block_dev_desc_t * dev_desc)
+void print_part(block_dev_desc_t * dev_desc)
{
switch (dev_desc->part_type) {
#endif /* HAVE_BLOCK_DEVICE */
-int get_partition_info(block_dev_desc_t *dev_desc, int part
- , disk_partition_t *info)
+int get_partition_info(block_dev_desc_t *dev_desc, int part,
+ disk_partition_t *info)
{
#ifdef HAVE_BLOCK_DEVICE
int part;
disk_partition_t tmpinfo;
+ /*
+ * Special-case a pseudo block device "hostfs", to allow access to the
+ * host's own filesystem.
+ */
+ if (0 == strcmp(ifname, "hostfs")) {
+ *dev_desc = NULL;
+ info->start = 0;
+ info->size = 0;
+ info->blksz = 0;
+ info->bootable = 0;
+ strcpy((char *)info->type, BOOT_PART_TYPE);
+ strcpy((char *)info->name, "Sandbox host");
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_UUIDS
+ info->uuid[0] = 0;
+#endif
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* If no dev_part_str, use bootdevice environment variable */
if (!dev_part_str || !strlen(dev_part_str) ||
!strcmp(dev_part_str, "-"))