+ struct disk_partition *info, int allow_whole_dev);
+
+/**
+ * part_get_info_by_name_type() - Search for a partition by name
+ * for only specified partition type
+ *
+ * @param dev_desc - block device descriptor
+ * @param gpt_name - the specified table entry name
+ * @param info - returns the disk partition info
+ * @param part_type - only search in partitions of this type
+ *
+ * @return - the partition number on match (starting on 1), -1 on no match,
+ * otherwise error
+ */
+int part_get_info_by_name_type(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, const char *name,
+ struct disk_partition *info, int part_type);
+
+/**
+ * part_get_info_by_name() - Search for a partition by name
+ * among all available registered partitions
+ *
+ * @param dev_desc - block device descriptor
+ * @param gpt_name - the specified table entry name
+ * @param info - returns the disk partition info
+ *
+ * @return - the partition number on match (starting on 1), -1 on no match,
+ * otherwise error
+ */
+int part_get_info_by_name(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
+ const char *name, struct disk_partition *info);
+
+/**
+ * Get partition info from dev number + part name, or dev number + part number.
+ *
+ * Parse a device number and partition description (either name or number)
+ * in the form of device number plus partition name separated by a "#"
+ * (like "device_num#partition_name") or a device number plus a partition number
+ * separated by a ":". For example both "0#misc" and "0:1" can be valid
+ * partition descriptions for a given interface. If the partition is found, sets
+ * dev_desc and part_info accordingly with the information of the partition.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev_iface Device interface
+ * @param[in] dev_part_str Input partition description, like "0#misc" or "0:1"
+ * @param[out] dev_desc Place to store the device description pointer
+ * @param[out] part_info Place to store the partition information
+ * @param[in] allow_whole_dev true to allow the user to select partition 0
+ * (which means the whole device), false to require a valid
+ * partition number >= 1
+ * @return 0 on success, or a negative on error
+ */
+int part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num(const char *dev_iface,
+ const char *dev_part_str,
+ struct blk_desc **dev_desc,
+ struct disk_partition *part_info,
+ int allow_whole_dev);
+
+/**
+ * part_set_generic_name() - create generic partition like hda1 or sdb2
+ *
+ * Helper function for partition tables, which don't hold partition names
+ * (DOS, ISO). Generates partition name out of the device type and partition
+ * number.
+ *
+ * @dev_desc: pointer to the block device
+ * @part_num: partition number for which the name is generated
+ * @name: buffer where the name is written
+ */
+void part_set_generic_name(const struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
+ int part_num, char *name);
+