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From: David Huffman <dm-devel@storix.com>
To: device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>
Subject: Determine partition prefix used for mpath devices
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:28:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B9FEA00.2040703@storix.com> (raw)

In a script, I need to somehow determine what prefix is being used for 
partitions as set by UDEV. It seems that the naming convention is in 
flux and could change frequently. When using user_friendly_names the 
prefix is set using kpartx within udev rules. My problem is I need to 
know what the prefix is so my scripts know what device naming convention 
to look for.

Here are the different iterations of naming schemes:

mpath0p1
mpath0-part1
mpathap1
mpatha-part1

Is there a way other than grepping through the udev rules to determine 
what the prefix is? The partitions may not exist so I cannot just look 
to see what they are. I need to know BEFORE I create partitions. I know 
this is a strange request, but I am working with a lot of code that was 
designed before multipath was available and using the sys naming is not 
an option (i.e. /disk/by-id/wwid).

Thanks in advance,
David

             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-16 20:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-16 20:28 David Huffman [this message]
2010-03-17 16:08 ` Determine partition prefix used for mpath devices Hannes Reinecke
2010-03-17 23:39   ` David Huffman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-03-23 16:22 David Huffman
2010-03-24 16:07 ` Hannes Reinecke
2010-03-24 18:31   ` David Huffman

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