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  1. OpenShift Bugs
  2. OCPBUGS-13081

Assisted Root device hints should accept by-path device alias

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      When using the Agent-based install method, the root device hints now accept links in `/dev/disk/by-path/` as the `deviceName` (in addition to the canonical device in `/dev/`). This allows users to specify a hint that is both stable across reboots and consistent across similar hardware. (link:https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-13081[*OCPBUGS-13081*])
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      When using the Agent-based install method, the root device hints now accept links in `/dev/disk/by-path/` as the `deviceName` (in addition to the canonical device in `/dev/`). This allows users to specify a hint that is both stable across reboots and consistent across similar hardware. (link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-13081 [* OCPBUGS-13081 *])
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      In many cases, the /dev/disk/by-path symlink is the only way to stably identify a disk without having prior knowledge of the hardware from some external source (e.g. a spreadsheet of disk serial numbers). It should be possible to specify this path in the root device hints.
      Metal³ is planning to allow these paths in the `name` hint (see OCPBUGS-13080), and assisted's implementation of root device hints (which is used in ZTP and the agent-based installer) should be changed to match.

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