diff --git a/libblkid/sysv.c b/libblkid/sysv.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This is written from sratch according to Linux kernel fs/sysv/super.c file.
+ * It seems that sysv probing code in libvolume_id and also in the original
+ * blkid is useless.
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "superblocks.h"
+
+#define XENIX_NICINOD				100
+#define XENIX_NICFREE				100
+
+struct xenix_super_block {
+	uint16_t	s_isize;
+	uint32_t	s_fsize;
+	uint16_t	s_nfree;
+	uint32_t	s_free[XENIX_NICFREE];
+	uint16_t	s_ninode;
+	uint16_t	s_inode[XENIX_NICINOD];
+	uint8_t		s_flock;
+	uint8_t		s_ilock;
+	uint8_t		s_fmod;
+	uint8_t		s_ronly;
+	uint32_t	s_time;
+	uint32_t	s_tfree;
+	uint16_t	s_tinode;
+	uint16_t	s_dinfo[4];
+	uint8_t		s_fname[6];
+	uint8_t		s_fpack[6];
+	uint8_t		s_clean;
+	uint8_t		s_fill[371];
+	uint32_t	s_magic;
+	uint32_t	s_type;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+
+#define SYSV_NICINOD			100
+#define SYSV_NICFREE			50
+
+struct sysv_super_block
+{
+	uint16_t	s_isize;
+	uint16_t	s_pad0;
+	uint32_t	s_fsize;
+	uint16_t	s_nfree;
+	uint16_t	s_pad1;
+	uint32_t	s_free[SYSV_NICFREE];
+	uint16_t	s_ninode;
+	uint16_t	s_pad2;
+	uint16_t	s_inode[SYSV_NICINOD];
+	uint8_t		s_flock;
+	uint8_t		s_ilock;
+	uint8_t		s_fmod;
+	uint8_t		s_ronly;
+	uint32_t	s_time;
+	uint16_t	s_dinfo[4];
+	uint32_t	s_tfree;
+	uint16_t	s_tinode;
+	uint16_t	s_pad3;
+	uint8_t		s_fname[6];
+	uint8_t		s_fpack[6];
+	uint32_t	s_fill[12];
+	uint32_t	s_state;
+	uint32_t	s_magic;
+	uint32_t	s_type;
+};
+
+static int probe_xenix(blkid_probe pr, const struct blkid_idmag *mag)
+{
+	struct xenix_super_block *sb;
+
+	sb = blkid_probe_get_sb(pr, mag, struct xenix_super_block);
+	if (!sb)
+		return -1;
+	blkid_probe_set_label(pr, sb->s_fname, sizeof(sb->s_fname));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define SYSV_BLOCK_SIZE	1024
+
+/* Note that we don't probe for Coherent FS, this FS does not have
+ * magic string. (It requires to probe fname/fpack field..)
+ */
+static int probe_sysv(blkid_probe pr,
+		const struct blkid_idmag *mag __attribute__((__unused__)))
+{
+	struct sysv_super_block *sb;
+	int blocks[] = {0, 9, 15, 18};
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(blocks); i++) {
+		int off = blocks[i] * SYSV_BLOCK_SIZE + SYSV_BLOCK_SIZE/2;
+
+		sb = (struct sysv_super_block *)
+			blkid_probe_get_buffer(pr,
+					off,
+					sizeof(struct sysv_super_block));
+		if (!sb)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (sb->s_magic == cpu_to_le32(0xfd187e20) ||
+		    sb->s_magic == cpu_to_be32(0xfd187e20)) {
+
+			if (blkid_probe_set_label(pr, sb->s_fname,
+						sizeof(sb->s_fname)))
+				return -1;
+
+			if (blkid_probe_set_magic(pr,
+					off + offsetof(struct sysv_super_block,
+								s_magic),
+					sizeof(sb->s_magic),
+					(unsigned char *) &sb->s_magic))
+				return -1;
+
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+const struct blkid_idinfo xenix_idinfo =
+{
+	.name		= "xenix",
+	.usage		= BLKID_USAGE_FILESYSTEM,
+	.probefunc	= probe_xenix,
+	.magics		=
+	{
+		{ .magic = "\x2b\x55\x44", .len = 3, .kboff = 1, .sboff = 0x400 },
+		{ .magic = "\x44\x55\x2b", .len = 3, .kboff = 1, .sboff = 0x400 },
+		{ NULL }
+	}
+};
+
+const struct blkid_idinfo sysv_idinfo =
+{
+	.name		= "sysv",
+	.usage		= BLKID_USAGE_FILESYSTEM,
+	.probefunc	= probe_sysv,
+
+	/* SYSV is BE and LE and superblock could be on four positions. It's
+	 * simpler to probe for the magic string by .probefunc().
+	 */
+	.magics		= BLKID_NONE_MAGIC
+};
+