> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 01:45:05AM +0200, Sylvain BERTRAND wrote: >> Is linux able to provide the UUID of a partition? I have never >> looked into it. If so, I would use linux instead of a port of >> blkid! > > ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid > > You obviously need sysfs + udev/mdev or whatever.
It seems sysfs only, which would mean linux does provide partition UUIDs. Ok then, when I'll be back on giving love to cinitramfs, I'll investigate deeper on what UUID facilities linux provides. I'm currently working on refactoring radeon (SI) linux driver.