Re: [PATCH 12/19] x86: define DPS root partition type UUIDs

Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:05:05 +0100

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 09:46:41AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> There are a lot of ways to do this. I'm just not a super big fan of the
> current proposal.
> 
> So, boiling it down:
> 
> 1. Should more than one UUID be supported per kernel build?
> 2. Should the UUIDs be defined in arch code or generic code?
> 3. Kconfig or #ifdefs?

Further questions ... why do this in the kernel?  Seems perfectly
suited to be in initramfs where we can throw away the code after boot.