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Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Generate stable device names in device.map on Linux
From: |
Colin Watson |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Generate stable device names in device.map on Linux |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:57:34 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:38:38AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> 2010-06-21 Colin Watson <address@hidden>
>
> Change grub-mkdevicemap to emit /dev/disk/by-id/ names where
> possible on Linux.
>
> * util/deviceiter.c (check_device): Rename to ...
> (check_device_readable_unique): ... this. Update all callers.
> Maintain and check a list of which devices (by canonicalized name)
> have already been seen.
> (clear_seen_devices): New function.
> (compare_file_names) [__linux__]: New function.
> (grub_util_iterate_devices): Clear the list of seen devices on exit
> and (just in case) on entry.
> (grub_util_iterate_devices) [__linux__]: Iterate over non-partition
> devices in /dev/disk/by-id/, in sorted order. Remove DM-RAID
> seen-devices list, superseded by general code in check_device.
Vladimir approved this on IRC. Committed.
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Colin Watson address@hidden