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* [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
-- 
agk@redhat.com

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