integer (in a canonical decimal format in xenstore), whose value
encodes the information above as follows:
- 1 << 28 | disk << 8 | partition xvd, disks or partitions 16 onwards
- 202 << 8 | disk << 4 | partition xvd, disks and partitions up to 15
- 8 << 8 | disk << 4 | partition sd, disks and partitions up to 15
- 3 << 8 | disk << 6 | partition hd, disks 0..1, partitions 0..63
- 22 << 8 | (disk-2) << 6 | partition hd, disks 2..3, partitions 0..63
- 2 << 28 onwards reserved for future use
- other values less than 1 << 28 deprecated / reserved
+ 1 << 28 | disk << 8 | partition xvd, disks or partitions 16 onwards
+ 202 << 8 | disk << 4 | partition xvd, disks and partitions up to 15
+ 8 << 8 | disk << 4 | partition sd, disks and partitions up to 15
+ 3 << 8 | disk << 6 | partition hd, disks 0..1, partitions 0..63
+ 22 << 8 | (disk-2) << 6 | partition hd, disks 2..3, partitions 0..63
+ 2 << 28 onwards reserved for future use
+ other values less than 1 << 28 deprecated / reserved
The 1<<28 format handles disks up to (1<<20)-1 and partitions up to
255. It will be used only where the 202<<8 format does not have