Documentation update about MBRBlockDevice::partition type parameter

Author: rajkan01

features/storage/blockdevice/MBRBlockDevice.h

@@ -52,21 +52,25 @@ class MBRBlockDevice : public BlockDevice {
      *
      *  @param bd       Block device to partition
      *  @param part     Partition to use, 1-4
-     *  @param type     8-bit partition type to identify partition contents
+     *  @param type     8-bit partition type or ID to identify partition contents
      *  @param start    Start block address to map to block 0 of partition.
      *                  Negative addresses are calculated from the end of the
      *                  underlying block devices. Block 0 is implicitly ignored
      *                  from the range to store the MBR.
      *  @return         0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
      *  @note This is the same as partition(bd, part, type, start, bd->size())
+     *  @note 8-bit partition type or ID is intended to specify the filesystem partition
+     *        contains and/or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions
+     *        for example like CHS mapping, LBA access etc.,
+     *        The list of Partition types or IDS refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_type#List_of_partition_IDs
      */
     static int partition(BlockDevice *bd, int part, uint8_t type, bd_addr_t start);
 
     /** Format the MBR to contain the following partition
      *
      *  @param bd       Block device to partition
      *  @param part     Partition to use, 1-4
-     *  @param type     8-bit partition type to identify partition contents
+     *  @param type     8-bit partition type or ID to identify partition contents
      *  @param start    Start block address to map to block 0 of partition,
      *                  negative addresses are calculated from the end of the
      *                  underlying block devices. Block 0 is implicitly ignored
@@ -193,8 +197,8 @@ class MBRBlockDevice : public BlockDevice {
      */
     virtual bd_addr_t get_partition_stop() const;
 
-    /** Get 8-bit type of the partition
-     *  @return         8-bit type of partition assigned during format
+    /** Get 8-bit type or ID of the partition
+     *  @return         8-bit type or ID of partition assigned during format
      */
     virtual uint8_t get_partition_type() const;