A concise representation of one of more devices.
- A comma separates the fields of each device.
- A semi-colon separates devices.
The representation of a device takes the form:
<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]
[;<dev_name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]]
The fields are:
name
The name of the device.
uuid
The UUID of the device (or empty).
minor
The minor number of the device. If empty, the kernel
assigns a suitable minor number.
flags
Supported flags are:
ro
Sets the table being loaded for the device read-only
rw
Sets the table being loaded for the device read-write
(default)
table
One line of the table. See TABLE FORMAT above.