From 73d533b2441e862f5d946883356f9a69f09d1422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:01:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: improve description of FAT partition name generation
List all prefix currently used for generating FAT partition names.
Describe which device class uses which prefix.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
---
doc/usage/partitions.rst | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/usage/partitions.rst b/doc/usage/partitions.rst
index 628469bbec..acf4573097 100644
--- a/doc/usage/partitions.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/partitions.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,20 @@ partname
<devtype><devletter><partnum>
devtype
- A device type like ``mmcsd`` or ``hd``. See the
- ``part_set_generic_name`` function in ``disk/part.c`` for a
- complete list.
+ The devtype field is set in dependence of the device class:
+
+ ======= ===============
+ devtype device class
+ ======= ===============
+ hd IDE or SATA
+ sd SCSI
+ usbd USB
+ mmcsd eMMC or SD-card
+ xx others
+ ======= ===============
+
+ See the ``part_set_generic_name`` function in ``disk/part.c``
+ for the complete list.
devletter
The device number as an offset from ``a``. For example, device
--
2.39.5