linux-kernel - Re: What still uses the block layer?

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Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:50 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...e.de>,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Nick Piggin <piggin@...erone.com.au>
Subject: Re: What still uses the block layer?

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:25:13AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Use mount-by-label instead, it's much saner and handles device name
> movement just fine (as does the UUID method that you seem to hate.)
> Look in /dev/disk/ for a wide range of options that you have in which to
> choose how to pick your block devices.

But you still have to spin up the disc to read the label (which seems
like a legitimate complaint to me).

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