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features:
  - |
    Erases metadata on disk partitions to prevent the Linux kernel from
    automatically recreating storage entities (e.g. LVM, RAID) described by the
    metadata. The Hardware Manager API was correspondingly modified to
    optionally include partitions when listing block devices. See `story
    2003673 <https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2003673>`_ for details.