[dm-devel] Does dm handle tape devices?

[lemons_terry at emc.com]

Hi

I need to provide persistent binding / persistent device naming for tape devices in Linux environments.  Does device mapper provide some facility for this, or is DM only for disk devices?

Thanks
tl

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