Well, rephrasing: The <key_dev_fs> is unnecessary if you want to use
UUID or LABEL.
I see.


I think specifying the target file system is important because by just executing 'mount' without indicating the target file system when I have, for example, HFS or HPFS mount just won't happen.

Why? My mount(8) is able to detect HFS or HPFS.
I have no such luck when trying to mount my (Macbook Pro) laptop partition, nor when I try to mount my OS/2 Warp (v3.01) server disk drive, hence why I always specify the target file system - then it works every time.

My point still stands though - leaving the 'guessing' of the target file system to mount is not a good idea and <key_dev_fs> should not be removed as a parameter (it may not be mandatory, but should always be catered for). I would also add that both <key_dev> and <luks_dev> should be able to support the Linux drive notation (sdXX, hdXX etc) in addition to label and uuid.

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