diff --git a/libblkid/solaris_x86.c b/libblkid/solaris_x86.c
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+/*
+ * Solaris x86 partition parsing code
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "partitions.h"
+
+/*
+ * Solaris-x86 is always within primary dos partition (nested PT table).  The
+ * solaris-x86 vtoc allows to split the entire partition to "slices". The
+ * offset (start) of the slice is always relatively to the primary dos
+ * partition.
+ *
+ * Note that Solaris-SPARC uses entire disk with a different partitionning
+ * scheme.
+ */
+
+/* some other implementation than Linux kernel assume 8 partitions only */
+#define SOLARIS_MAXPARTITIONS	16
+
+/* disklabel (vtoc) location  */
+#define SOLARIS_SECTOR		1			/* in 512-sectors */
+#define SOLARIS_OFFSET		(SOLARIS_SECTOR << 9)	/* in bytes */
+#define SOLARIS_MAGICOFFSET	(SOLARIS_OFFSET + 12)	/* v_sanity offset in bytes */
+
+/* slice tags */
+#define SOLARIS_TAG_WHOLEDISK	5
+
+struct solaris_slice {
+	uint16_t s_tag;      /* ID tag of partition */
+	uint16_t s_flag;     /* permission flags */
+	uint32_t s_start;    /* start sector no of partition */
+	uint32_t s_size;     /* # of blocks in partition */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct solaris_vtoc {
+	unsigned int v_bootinfo[3];     /* info needed by mboot (unsupported) */
+
+	uint32_t     v_sanity;          /* to verify vtoc sanity */
+	uint32_t     v_version;         /* layout version */
+	char         v_volume[8];       /* volume name */
+	uint16_t     v_sectorsz;        /* sector size in bytes */
+	uint16_t     v_nparts;          /* number of partitions */
+	unsigned int v_reserved[10];    /* free space */
+
+	struct solaris_slice v_slice[SOLARIS_MAXPARTITIONS]; /* slices */
+
+	unsigned int timestamp[SOLARIS_MAXPARTITIONS]; /* timestamp (unsupported) */
+	char         v_asciilabel[128];	/* for compatibility */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+static int probe_solaris_pt(blkid_probe pr,
+		const struct blkid_idmag *mag __attribute__((__unused__)))
+{
+	struct solaris_vtoc *l;	/* disk label */
+	struct solaris_slice *p;	/* partitsion */
+	blkid_parttable tab = NULL;
+	blkid_partition parent;
+	blkid_partlist ls;
+	int i;
+	uint16_t nparts;
+
+	l = (struct solaris_vtoc *) blkid_probe_get_sector(pr, SOLARIS_SECTOR);
+	if (!l)
+		goto nothing;
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(l->v_version) != 1) {
+		DBG(DEBUG_LOWPROBE, printf(
+			"WARNING: unsupported solaris x86 version %d, ignore\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(l->v_version)));
+		goto nothing;
+	}
+
+	if (blkid_partitions_need_typeonly(pr))
+		/* caller does not ask for details about partitions */
+		return 0;
+
+	ls = blkid_probe_get_partlist(pr);
+	if (!ls)
+		goto err;
+
+	parent = blkid_partlist_get_parent(ls);
+
+	tab = blkid_partlist_new_parttable(ls, "solaris", SOLARIS_OFFSET);
+	if (!tab)
+		goto err;
+
+	nparts = le16_to_cpu(l->v_nparts);
+	if (nparts > SOLARIS_MAXPARTITIONS)
+		nparts = SOLARIS_MAXPARTITIONS;
+
+	for (i = 1, p = &l->v_slice[0];	i < nparts; i++, p++) {
+
+		uint32_t start = le32_to_cpu(p->s_start);
+		uint32_t size = le32_to_cpu(p->s_size);
+		blkid_partition par;
+
+		if (size == 0 || le16_to_cpu(p->s_tag) == SOLARIS_TAG_WHOLEDISK)
+			continue;
+
+		if (parent)
+			/* Solaris slices are relative to the parent (primary
+			 * DOS partition) */
+			start += blkid_partition_get_start(parent);
+
+		if (parent && !blkid_is_nested_dimension(parent, start, size)) {
+			DBG(DEBUG_LOWPROBE, printf(
+				"WARNING: solaris partition (%d) overflow "
+				"detected, ignore\n", i));
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		par = blkid_partlist_add_partition(ls, tab, start, size);
+		if (!par)
+			goto err;
+
+		blkid_partition_set_type(par, le16_to_cpu(p->s_tag));
+		blkid_partition_set_flags(par, le16_to_cpu(p->s_flag));
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+nothing:
+	return 1;
+err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+const struct blkid_idinfo solaris_x86_pt_idinfo =
+{
+	.name		= "solaris",
+	.probefunc	= probe_solaris_pt,
+	.magics		=
+	{
+		{
+		  .magic = "\xEE\xDE\x0D\x60",	/* little-endian magic string */
+		  .len = 4,			/* v_sanity size in bytes */
+		  .sboff = SOLARIS_MAGICOFFSET	/* offset of v_sanity */
+		},
+		{ NULL }
+	}
+};
+