On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Scott Long wrote:
> The only big downside to using the 'da' device moniker for SATA disks
> is that it hinders people who want to experiment with switching back
> and forth between the old and new ahci/ata drivers.  I feel for these
> people, and I don't like making their lives hard.  But on the other
> hand, this is a transition period, and experimenting is not without
> headaches and risks.  A day will come, hopefully fairly soon, where
> switching between the two subsystems is no longer needed, and I don't
> like catering to a short term need at the expense of a long-term
> need.

If you are such a user it is trivial to switch to using UFS ID labels.

Swap is a little more complex but you can use glabel fairly easily.

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