* [linux-lvm] DM devices
@ 2007-12-06 12:52 C'est Pierre
2007-12-06 13:07 ` Alasdair G Kergon
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From: C'est Pierre @ 2007-12-06 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development
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Hello,
Could someone tell me what exactly are these dm-1 through dm-N devices?
Thanks
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* Re: [linux-lvm] DM devices
2007-12-06 12:52 [linux-lvm] DM devices C'est Pierre
@ 2007-12-06 13:07 ` Alasdair G Kergon
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From: Alasdair G Kergon @ 2007-12-06 13:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: LVM general discussion and development
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:52:54PM +0000, C'est Pierre wrote:
> Could someone tell me what exactly are these dm-1 through dm-N devices?
Internal kernel names for the devices.
With current kernels, -N is the minor number, but that may change in future
(if we use more than one major number).
dmsetup info -j 253 -m 1
(for dm-1 if the dm major number is 253)
Alasdair
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agk@redhat.com
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