Barry Kauler wrote: > However, it seems that the 'table' format when using 'dmsetup create', > and also in the kernel boot params, that devices can only be specified > by the normal name (/dev/sd*) or by major:minor numbers. > basically, my question is, could the 'table' format be extended to > accept PARTUUIDs, either the GUID format as used in GPT drives (use > 'gdisk' to get it), or <NT disk identifier>-<partition number> format > for MBR disks. Here is one of the relevant posts from Kees Cook, Feb. 2016, with v5 patch: https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2016-February/msg00112.html Regards, Barry Kauler -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
