linux-kernel - Re: root=PARTUUID for MBR/NT disk signatures?

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Date:	Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:22:54 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	"cross-distro@...ts.linaro.org" <cross-distro@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: Re: root=PARTUUID for MBR/NT disk signatures?

Hello,

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 04:10:52PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> I was considering extending the kernel command-line option
> root=PARTUUID= to also support MBR (NT disk signatures). I was thinking
> of a syntax along the lines of:
> 
> root=PARTUUID=UUUUUUUU-PP[/PARTNROFF=%d]
> 
> ... where UUUUUUUU is the hex representation of the NT disk signature,
> and PP is the hex representation of the partition number. Like GPT,
> /PARTNROFF could be used too if desired.
> 
> Related, I was thinking of changing struct partition_meta_info's uuid
> field to be a string, so that it could simply be strcmp'd against the
> UUID value on the kernel command-line. That way, the type of the UUID is
> irrelevant.
> 
> Does anyone have any objection to that?

Wouldn't that be able to break setups which work currently?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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