Re: [PATCH] Allow user to choose between path or fs-label instead of UUID

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 16.09.2012 18:57, Pete Appleton wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> The file attached is intended to allow a Linux user to easily specify
> whether GRUB2 should use the traditional device path (/dev/sda1) or the
> filesystem label instead of the default UUID scheme.  This functionality
> is currently supported by GRUB2 itself but the peripheral files
> (grub-mkconfig, 10-linux etc) don't directly support it, requiring the
> user to edit the distribution-supplied files on their installation with
> the potential for consequent upgrade conflicts.
> 
> This patch adds support for a new environment variable
> GRUB_DEVICE_IDENTIFICATION taking as value one of {uuid, label, path};
> if not set or invalid then it defaults to uuid so that the current
> semantics are respected.  If set to label then the 'search' clause and
> root=XXX kernel parameter are written using file system label syntax as
> opposed to the current single behaviour of device path if
> GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true


In this patch the same option has effect on both how device is passed to
kernel and how it's identified internally. These 2 parts should be kept
separate.

> 
> This patch was written after needing the functionality in my environment
> as I frequently move filesystems around a multi-spindle system (using
> the label to keep track of them) and seeing a few articles online
> advising various modifications to distribution supplied files; I hope
> that it is deemed useful enough to get incorporated into trunk to remove
> this minor niggle with a great product.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pete Appleton
> 
> 
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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