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Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUI
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko |
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Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID |
Date: |
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:40:12 +0200 |
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On 16.09.2012 18:57, Pete Appleton wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The file attached is intended to allow a Linux user to easily specify
> whether GRUB2 should use the traditional device path (/dev/sda1) or the
> filesystem label instead of the default UUID scheme. This functionality
> is currently supported by GRUB2 itself but the peripheral files
> (grub-mkconfig, 10-linux etc) don't directly support it, requiring the
> user to edit the distribution-supplied files on their installation with
> the potential for consequent upgrade conflicts.
>
> This patch adds support for a new environment variable
> GRUB_DEVICE_IDENTIFICATION taking as value one of {uuid, label, path};
> if not set or invalid then it defaults to uuid so that the current
> semantics are respected. If set to label then the 'search' clause and
> root=XXX kernel parameter are written using file system label syntax as
> opposed to the current single behaviour of device path if
> GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
In this patch the same option has effect on both how device is passed to
kernel and how it's identified internally. These 2 parts should be kept
separate.
>
> This patch was written after needing the functionality in my environment
> as I frequently move filesystems around a multi-spindle system (using
> the label to keep track of them) and seeing a few articles online
> advising various modifications to distribution supplied files; I hope
> that it is deemed useful enough to get incorporated into trunk to remove
> this minor niggle with a great product.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete Appleton
>
>
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--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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- [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Pete Appleton, 2012/09/16
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID,
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <=
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Pete Appleton, 2012/09/16
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/09/18
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Pete Appleton, 2012/09/18
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, 2012/09/18
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Pete Appleton, 2012/09/18
- Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID, Pete Appleton, 2012/09/18