Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread dann frazier
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 10:24:19AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:23:37AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Bastian Blank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070726 11:40]: > > > For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to > > > not break all systems whic

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:42:20PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > For 4), we could either try and incorporate all config file knowledge > > in the utility, or provide a hook system by which we make a name map > > available but each package is responsible for doing its own > > renaming. The latter

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread maximilian attems
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > > > - /dev/disk/by-uuid: UUID of filesystem. Maybe we want the uuid of md > > > devices also? > > Do all filesystems support UUID? > > No. which don't? afair the ubuntu transition ha

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread maximilian attems
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 09:23:37AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Bastian Blank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070726 11:40]: > > For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to > > not break all systems which uses them. > > > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:42:20PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: >> > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value >> > > should be filed in. >> > And also, how shou

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-27 Thread Andreas Barth
* Bastian Blank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070726 11:40]: > For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to > not break all systems which uses them. > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value > should be filed in. I'd like to ask you to postpone s

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:42:20PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value > > > should be filed in. > > And also, how should we re-write them? Should we just provide > >

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value > > should be filed in. > And also, how should we re-write them? Should we just provide > documentation, or also provide a utility to do it? You don't want to do

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:40:19AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > Hi folks > > For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to > not break all systems which uses them. Not to mention bootloader configs and other things that may handle dump partitions. > We need to decide

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 03:59:17PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > At a minimum you could fail in preinst if /dev/hd* is in fstab and > recommend to use one of the alternatives and explain how to look up > the right value. This does not scale. Bastian -- Conquest is easy. Control is not.

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 01:23:51PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Which of those change and why? > > None. > >> I don't see how an libata update would change the serial number of the >> disk, the filesystem label, > > /dev/hd* is gone. > > Ba

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 01:23:51PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Which of those change and why? None. > I don't see how an libata update would change the serial number of the > disk, the filesystem label, /dev/hd* is gone. Bastian -- Respect is a rational process -

Re: fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi folks > > For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to > not break all systems which uses them. > > We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value > should be filed in. > > There are 5 or so variants:

fstab update for persistent device names

2007-07-26 Thread Bastian Blank
Hi folks For the libata-pata support we need to change fstab on several arches to not break all systems which uses them. We need to decide which arches needs this rewrite now and which value should be filed in. There are 5 or so variants: - /dev/disk/by-id: Includes disk serial number or wwnn. -