Re: How to get consistent names for USB ports...
On 27/02/2016 6:22 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 06:10:49AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>>
>> On 27/02/2016 5:46 AM, Christopher Swingley wrote:
>>> udevadm info --query=name --name=/dev/ttyUSB0 --attribute-walk
>>
>> udevadm info --query=name --name=/dev/sdg --attribute-walk
>>
>> Could you do something similar for mdadm RAID [external USB drives]
>> devices? Probably only need the serial number form the output.
>
> That's more or less exactly what LABEL, UUID and ID are for:
Yes, but can you define RAID devices by UUID or Label?
If I have a drive go out, I might unplug it and plug it in again and the
drive goes from /dev/sdg to /dev/sdh -- the RAID device won't assemble
because it isn't /dev/sdg.
> $ cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1]
> md0 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
> 973827010 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
Those drives are not showing via UUID or label here...
Cheers
A.
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