[linux-lvm] DM devices

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:52:54PM +0000, C'est Pierre wrote:
> Could someone tell me what exactly are these dm-1 through dm-N devices?
 
Internal kernel names for the devices.
With current kernels, -N is the minor number, but that may change in future
(if we use more than one major number).

dmsetup info -j 253 -m 1

(for dm-1 if the dm major number is 253)

Alasdair
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