Re: [dm-devel] Where did /dev/dm-X go?

[Luca Berra <bluca comedia it>]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 09:30:37PM +0100, Luca Berra wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 03:09:11PM -0600, W. Michael Petullo wrote:
> > I have been using the dm-crypt interface to perform disk encryption.
> > For example, I helped add dm-crypt/LUKS support to HAL[1].
> >
> > Recently, I have found the cryptsetup no longer creates /dev/dm-X.
> > Instead, the only device node created by the utility is /dev/mapper/Y
> > (both were created previously.)  I am using an up to date Fedora Core 6.
> >
> > I am trying to figure out what user-space tool/library was responsible
> > for creating /dev/dm-X and why this device node is no longer created when
> > I create a dm-crypt device.  Could anyone point me in the right direction?
> you probably have an udev rule that ignores dm-[0-9]
> L.
btw, i read the code for blockdev_get_luks_uuid

sscanf? on the device file?

this is ridiculus what is sysfs for?

L.

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