On 08/22/05 17:53, Mike Anderson wrote:
> Luben Tuikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Yes, that's cool.
>>
>>How about specifying the LU label _and_ the FS label to "root="?
>>
>>root=[<disk label>:]<fs label>
>>
>><disc label> :=
>> WWN,
>> HCIL,
>> Funky name 1,
>> Funky name 2.
>>
>><fs label> :=
>> filesystem specific label.
>>
>>All those labels are tacked onto the LU, and are provided by
>>various layers: transport, LLDD, vendor, manufacturer, etc, etc, etc.
>>
>
>
> What is the difference between this disk label and what you can do with a
> udev rules file today?
Where does udev get its label?
Luben
> On SUSE today you can boot a system using a udev
> created name "root=/dev/disk/by-id/351234560000007d0" which is one example
> of using the udev rules "PROGRAM" call to generate a name. You should be
> able to cover all your examples with a call-out program knowledgeable of
> where to find this disk label information and create a device node for
> them.
>
> -andmike
> --
> Michael Anderson
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