On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 11:34:39PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 07:44 +0200, Tomáš Ebenlendr wrote: > > Dne 7 Červen 2008, 01:31, Robert Millan napsal(a): > > > This patch adds the 64-bit serial number as UUID. But I'm not sure what > > > is the "standard" method to stringify this number. Apparently, Windows > > > only prints half of it in the dir command. > > > > That seems to me as some backward (pronounce: awkward) compatibility of > > M$ Volume ID. Volume ID in M$ windows is (as you say) 'xxxx-xxxx' two > > 16 bit hexadecimal numbers. And all programs I tested report the number > > this way. So if we want user to enter these numbers manually we should > > ignore the remaining four bits. Alternatively we can provide utility that > > prints out whole serial number. > > I suggest that you check udev sources: > http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/ > > It calculates UUID for many filesystems (see extras/lib/volime_id/lib). > It would be nice to stay compatible with udev.
Ok. I adjusted it to output the same format as vol_id and committed. Turns out this was the simplest to implement (get a 64-bit LE and print right away). -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
