No longer drop ranges of identical link names. Append '#0, #1, ...'
to each name instead. Enhance charset allowed in label names.
No longer ignore null volume serial numbers.
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
The new directories '/dev/disk/by-label' and '/dev/disk/by-uuid'
provide symlinks for each disk related volume label and serial
number:
'VOLUME_LABEL' -> '../../sdXN'
'VOLUME_SERIAL' -> '../../sdXN'
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
The new directory '/dev/disk/by-drive' provides symlinks for each
disk related drive letter:
'x' -> '../../sdXN'
The new directory '/dev/disk/by-voluuid' provides symlinks for each
disk related storage volume:
'MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET' -> '../../sdXN'
'VOLUME_GUID' -> '../../sdXN'
Both directories provide Windows specific information and do not
exist on Linux.
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
The new directory '/dev/disk/by-partuuid' provides symlinks for each
MBR or GPT disk partition:
'MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET' -> '../../sdXN'
'GPT_GUID' -> '../../sdXN'
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
The new directory '/dev/disk/by-id' provides symlinks for each
disk and its partitions:
'BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_SERIAL[-partN]' -> '../../sdX[N]'.
This is based on strings provided by STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR.
If this information is too short, a 128-bit hash of the
STORAGE_DEVICE_UNIQUE_IDENTIFIER raw data is added.
Administrator privileges are not required.
Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
Christian Franke