On 08/22/05 17:53, Mike Anderson wrote: > Luben Tuikov <luben_tuikov@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > andmike@xxxxxxxxxx > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
