[syslinux] [PATCH] Add filesystem UUID to SYSAPPEND for FAT

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Nov 19 20:12:48 PST 2013


On 11/19/2013 04:30 AM, Serj Kalichev wrote:
> Filesystem UUID shows the partition we boot kernel from.
> The kernel parameter has format like FSUUID=DA1A-0B2E.
> The SYSAPPEND bit is 0x40000. Now the FAT only supports FSUUID.
> The patch is based on 67aaaeeb228.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serj Kalichev <serj.kalichev at gmail.com>

Nice.  It would be good to get a patch for ext2 for this as well (the
UUID of an ext2/3/4 filesystem is stored in the superblock, so it should
be a trivial thing to get.)

	-hpa




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