In dm_get_device(), also look for device strings of the form: type(major,minor) where major and minor are decimal (not hex). This allows table status strings returned by DM to be fed back into DM for create or reload. --- linux-2.4.20a/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2003/02/13 16:33:46 +++ linux-2.4.20b/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2003/03/03 19:08:54 @@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ if (sscanf(path, "%x:%x", &major, &minor) == 2) { /* Extract the major/minor numbers */ dev = mk_kdev(major, minor); + } else if (sscanf(path, "%*s(%d,%d)", &major, &minor) == 2) { + dev = mk_kdev(major, minor); } else { /* convert the path to a device */ if ((r = lookup_device(path, &dev)))