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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@sourceware.org> To: cygwin-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [newlib-cygwin/main] Cygwin: Document /dev/disk/by-* subdirectories Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 19:38:00 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview] Message-ID: <20231117193801.02BB03858CD1@sourceware.org> (raw) https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=643275ed18b7ddab73bc7dcb0d971b7d4b1db392 commit 643275ed18b7ddab73bc7dcb0d971b7d4b1db392 Author: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de> AuthorDate: Fri Nov 17 18:41:08 2023 +0100 Commit: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> CommitDate: Fri Nov 17 20:37:29 2023 +0100 Cygwin: Document /dev/disk/by-* subdirectories Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de> Diff: --- winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 | 16 +++++++++++----- winsup/doc/new-features.xml | 20 +++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 index 2d59818b58a8..aee21c972fcb 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 +++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.5.0 @@ -17,11 +17,17 @@ What's new: class expressions, and collating symbols in the search pattern, i.e., [:alnum:], [=a=], [.aa.]. -- Introduce /dev/disk directory with subdirectories by-id and by-partuuid. - The by-id directory provides symlinks for each disk and its partitions: - BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|HASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N]. - The by-partuuid directory provides symlinks for each MBR and GPT disk - partition: MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN, GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN. +- Introduce /dev/disk directory with various by-* subdirectories which + provide symlinks to disk and partition raw devices: + by-drive/DRIVE_LETTER -> ../../sdXN + by-label/VOLUME_LABEL -> ../../sdXN + by-id/BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N] + by-partuuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN + by-partuuid/GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN + by-uuid/VOLUME_SERIAL -> ../../sdXN + by-voluuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN + by-voluuid/VOLUME_GUID -> ../../sdXN + The subdirectories by-drive and by-voluuid are Cygwin specific. - Introduce /proc/codesets and /proc/locales with information on supported codesets and locales for all interested parties. Locale(1) diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml index a8e8a7991fcb..2c31a4accd44 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml @@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ class expressions, and collating symbols in the search pattern, i.e., </para></listitem> <listitem><para> -Introduce /dev/disk directory with subdirectories by-id and by-partuuid. -The by-id directory provides symlinks for each disk and its partitions: +Introduce /dev/disk directory with various by-* subdirectories which +provide symlinks to disk and partition raw devices: <screen> - BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N] - </screen> -The by-partuuid directory provides symlinks for each MBR and GPT disk -partition: - <screen> - MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN - GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN + by-drive/DRIVE_LETTER -> ../../sdXN + by-label/VOLUME_LABEL -> ../../sdXN + by-id/BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N] + by-partuuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN + by-partuuid/GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN + by-uuid/VOLUME_SERIAL -> ../../sdXN + by-voluuid/MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN + by-voluuid/VOLUME_GUID -> ../../sdXN </screen> +The subdirectories by-drive and by-voluuid are Cygwin specific. </para></listitem> <listitem><para>
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