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NAME

       devmap_name - Query device-mapper name

SYNOPSIS

       devmap_name major minor

DESCRIPTION

       devmap_name  queries  the  device-mapper  for  the  name for the device
       specified by major and minor number.
       devmap_name  can  be  called  from  udev  by  the  following  rule   in
       /etc/udev/udev.rules:

       KERNEL="dm-[0-9]*", PROGRAM="/sbin/devmap_name %M %m", \
            NAME="%k", SYMLINK="%c"

SEE ALSO

       udev(8), dmsetup(8)

AUTHORS

       devmap_name      was      developed      by     Christophe     Varoqui,
       <christophe.varoqui@free.fr> and others.

                                   July 2006