On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli <kreij...@libero.it> wrote: > On 03/07/2014 07:26 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
>> Since yesterday systemd in git can now discover root, /home, /srv and >> swap partitions automatically based on GPT type GUIDs, thus making >> /etc/fstab unnecessary for simple setups. >> >> I have now put together something like a spec describing the logic >> behind that, and what it is good for: > >> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/ >> > > Form the FAQ: > <CITE> > [...] What about automatic mounting of btrfs subvolumes to /var, /home and so > on? > > Doing a similar automatic discovery of btrfs subvolumes and mounting them > automatically to the appropriate places is certainly desirable. We are > waiting for the btrfs designers to add a per-subvolume type UUID to their > disk format to make this possible. [...] > </CITE> > > Instead of relying on the subvolume UUID, why not relying to the subvolume > name: it would be more simple and flexible to manage them. As a general rule: human-readable names should be left to the administrator, provide an identifier for humans, and should not be overloaded with magic machine behavior. Kay _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
