diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.h b/fs/partitions/check.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43adcc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+
+/*
+ * add_gd_partition adds a partitions details to the devices partition
+ * description.
+ */
+enum { MAX_PART = 256 };
+
+struct parsed_partitions {
+	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+	struct {
+		sector_t from;
+		sector_t size;
+		int flags;
+	} parts[MAX_PART];
+	int next;
+	int limit;
+};
+
+static inline void
+put_partition(struct parsed_partitions *p, int n, sector_t from, sector_t size)
+{
+	if (n < p->limit) {
+		p->parts[n].from = from;
+		p->parts[n].size = size;
+		printk(" %s%d", p->name, n);
+	}
+}
+
+extern int warn_no_part;
+
+extern void parse_bsd(struct parsed_partitions *state,
+			struct block_device *bdev, u32 offset, u32 size,
+			int origin, char *flavour, int max_partitions);
+