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[PATCH] implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
> Problem is, if you use the LABEL rule to match a device, like a SCSI
> vendor, then all of the partitions, as well as the main block device,
> will end up with the same name. That's why I added the "add the number"
> hack to the LABEL rule.
>
> So yes, your patch is correct in that we shouldn't always be adding the
> number to any match for LABEL (like for char devices), but if we do
> that, then we break partitions. Your '%' patch fixes this, but I'd just
> like to extend it a bit. Let me see what I can come up with...
Oh, I see. Do you mean something like this:
LABEL, BUS="usb", model="Creative Labs WebCam 3", NAME="webcam%n-%M:%m-test"
results in: "webcam0-81:0-test"
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: get_class_dev: looking at /sys/class/video4linux/video0
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: get_class_dev: class_dev->name = video0
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: get_major_minor: dev = 81:0
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: get_major_minor: found major = 81, minor = 0
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: udev_add_device: name = webcam0-81:0-test
Nov 15 16:51:53 pim udev[16193]: create_node: mknod(/udev/webcam0-81:0-test, 020666, 81, 0)
implement printf-like placeholder support for NAME
%n-kernel number, %M-major number, %m-minor number