diff --git a/fs/partitions/ultrix.c b/fs/partitions/ultrix.c
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+++ b/fs/partitions/ultrix.c
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+/*
+ *  fs/partitions/ultrix.c
+ *
+ *  Code extracted from drivers/block/genhd.c
+ *
+ *  Re-organised Jul 1999 Russell King
+ */
+
+#include "check.h"
+
+int ultrix_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	int i;
+	Sector sect;
+	unsigned char *data;
+	struct ultrix_disklabel {
+		s32	pt_magic;	/* magic no. indicating part. info exits */
+		s32	pt_valid;	/* set by driver if pt is current */
+		struct  pt_info {
+			s32		pi_nblocks; /* no. of sectors */
+			u32		pi_blkoff;  /* block offset for start */
+		} pt_part[8];
+	} *label;
+
+#define PT_MAGIC	0x032957	/* Partition magic number */
+#define PT_VALID	1		/* Indicates if struct is valid */
+
+	data = read_dev_sector(bdev, (16384 - sizeof(*label))/512, &sect);
+	if (!data)
+		return -1;
+	
+	label = (struct ultrix_disklabel *)(data + 512 - sizeof(*label));
+
+	if (label->pt_magic == PT_MAGIC && label->pt_valid == PT_VALID) {
+		for (i=0; i<8; i++)
+			if (label->pt_part[i].pi_nblocks)
+				put_partition(state, i+1, 
+					      label->pt_part[i].pi_blkoff,
+					      label->pt_part[i].pi_nblocks);
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+		printk ("\n");
+		return 1;
+	} else {
+		put_dev_sector(sect);
+		return 0;
+	}
+}