Re: What provides /dev/disk/by-uuid?

[Matt Ventura <mattventura@mattventura.net>]

On 11/19/2014 12:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2014-11-19 20:45 +0100, Matt Ventura wrote:
>
> > What module/script/thing actually provides /dev/disk/by-uuid and
> > by-label?
> Those are created by udev, the rules are in the file
> /lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules.
>
> > I'm asking because I disabled some things in my kernel
> > config and now I no longer have those (neither before mounting root
> > nor when fully booted). If I go back to my old kernel config, it works
> > fine. What do I need to put in my kernel or initramfs to get these
> > working?
> You did not specify which udev version you have, but the one in Jessie
> needs CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y.  See /usr/share/doc/systemd/README.gz (if
> systemd is installed) for other requirements.
>
> Cheers,
>         Sven
I'm using unstable. udevd --version says 215. I tried restarting udev 
manually but they didn't appear, and that script is in place (in the 
booted system, not sure about the initramfs).