diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
index 191acb5..7df5d85 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 
 #include "human_readable_format.h"
+#include "old_format.h"
+#include "null_format.h"
 #include "metadata_dumper.h"
 #include "metadata.h"
 #include "xml_format.h"
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ using namespace thin_provisioning;
 struct flags {
 	bool find_metadata_snap;
 	bool repair;
+	block_address dev_id;
+	bool skip_mappings;
 };
 
 namespace {
@@ -49,12 +53,16 @@ namespace {
 				e = create_xml_emitter(out);
 			else if (format == "human_readable")
 				e = create_human_readable_emitter(out);
+			else if (format == "old")
+				e = create_old_emitter(out);
+			else if (format == "null")
+				e = create_null_emitter(out);
 			else {
 				cerr << "unknown format '" << format << "'" << endl;
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			metadata_dump(md, e, flags.repair);
+			metadata_dump(md, e, flags.repair, flags.skip_mappings, flags.dev_id);
 
 		} catch (std::exception &e) {
 			cerr << e.what() << endl;
@@ -77,10 +85,12 @@ namespace {
 		out << "Usage: " << cmd << " [options] {device|file}" << endl
 		    << "Options:" << endl
 		    << "  {-h|--help}" << endl
-		    << "  {-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}" << endl
+		    << "  {-f|--format} {xml|human_readable|old|null}" << endl
 		    << "  {-r|--repair}" << endl
 		    << "  {-m|--metadata-snap} [block#]" << endl
 		    << "  {-o <xml file>}" << endl
+		    << "  {-d device_id}" << endl
+		    << "  {-s|--skip-mappings}" << endl
 		    << "  {-V|--version}" << endl;
 	}
 }
@@ -89,17 +99,20 @@ int thin_dump_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int c;
 	char const *output = NULL;
-	const char shortopts[] = "hm::o:f:rV";
+	const char shortopts[] = "hm::o:sd:f:rV";
 	char *end_ptr;
 	string format = "xml";
 	block_address metadata_snap = 0;
 	struct flags flags;
-	flags.find_metadata_snap = flags.repair = false;
+	flags.find_metadata_snap = flags.repair = flags.skip_mappings = false;
+	flags.dev_id = -1;
 
 	const struct option longopts[] = {
 		{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
 		{ "metadata-snap", optional_argument, NULL, 'm' },
 		{ "output", required_argument, NULL, 'o'},
+		{ "skip-mappings", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
+		{ "device-id", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
 		{ "format", required_argument, NULL, 'f' },
 		{ "repair", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
 		{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
@@ -120,6 +133,19 @@ int thin_dump_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			flags.repair = true;
 			break;
 
+		case 's':
+			flags.skip_mappings = true;
+			break;
+
+		case 'd':
+			flags.dev_id = strtoull(optarg, &end_ptr, 10);
+			if (end_ptr == optarg) {
+				cerr << "couldn't parse <device_id>" << endl;
+				usage(cerr, basename(argv[0]));
+				return 1;
+			}
+			break;
+
 		case 'm':
 			if (optarg) {
 				metadata_snap = strtoull(optarg, &end_ptr, 10);
@@ -147,6 +173,12 @@ int thin_dump_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (format != "old" && flags.dev_id < 0) {
+		cerr << "Output format 'old' must specify --device-id" << endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+
 	if (argc == optind) {
 		cerr << "No input file provided." << endl;
 		usage(cerr, basename(argv[0]));
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
index c96d22e..9d9814e 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
+++ b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace thin_provisioning {
 	// Set the @repair flag if your metadata is corrupt, and you'd like
 	// the dumper to do it's best to recover info.  If not set, any
 	// corruption encountered will cause an exception to be thrown.
-	void metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair);
+	void metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair, bool skip_mappings = false, block_address dev_id = -1);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
index db656ee..55cbae8 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
@@ -171,23 +171,31 @@ namespace {
 			  dd_(dd),
 			  repair_(repair),
 			  damage_policy_(damage_policy) {
+				  dev_id_ = -1;
+				  skip_mappings_ = false;
 		}
 
+		void set_dev_id(block_address dev_id) { dev_id_ = dev_id; }
+		void set_skip_mappings(bool skip) { skip_mappings_ = skip; }
+
 		void visit(btree_path const &path, block_address tree_root) {
 			block_address dev_id = path[0];
 
 			dd_map::const_iterator it = dd_.find(path[0]);
 			if (it != dd_.end()) {
 				device_tree_detail::device_details const &d = it->second;
-				e_->begin_device(dev_id,
-						 d.mapped_blocks_,
-						 d.transaction_id_,
-						 d.creation_time_,
-						 d.snapshotted_time_);
+				if (dev_id_ == -1UL || dev_id == dev_id_) {
+					e_->begin_device(dev_id,
+							 d.mapped_blocks_,
+							 d.transaction_id_,
+							 d.creation_time_,
+							 d.snapshotted_time_);
 
-				emit_mappings(tree_root);
+					if (!skip_mappings_)
+						emit_mappings(tree_root);
 
-				e_->end_device();
+					e_->end_device();
+				}
 
 			} else if (!repair_) {
 				ostringstream msg;
@@ -209,6 +217,8 @@ namespace {
 		emitter::ptr e_;
 		dd_map const &dd_;
 		bool repair_;
+		block_address dev_id_;
+		bool skip_mappings_;
 		mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr damage_policy_;
 	};
 }
@@ -216,7 +226,7 @@ namespace {
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void
-thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair)
+thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair, bool skip_mappings, block_address dev_id)
 {
 	details_extractor de;
 	device_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr dd_policy(details_damage_policy(repair));
@@ -231,6 +241,11 @@ thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair)
 	{
 		mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr md_policy(mapping_damage_policy(repair));
 		mapping_tree_emitter mte(md, e, de.get_details(), repair, mapping_damage_policy(repair));
+
+		mte.set_skip_mappings(skip_mappings);
+
+		if (dev_id >= 0)
+			mte.set_dev_id(dev_id);
 		walk_mapping_tree(*md->mappings_top_level_, mte, *md_policy);
 	}
 
diff --git a/man8/thin_dump.8 b/man8/thin_dump.8
index 7a9f785..9e0bf9e 100644
--- a/man8/thin_dump.8
+++ b/man8/thin_dump.8
@@ -26,9 +26,19 @@ in order to put it back onto a metadata
 
 This tool cannot be run on live metadata unless the \fB\-\-metadata\-snap\fP option is used.
 
-.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-format\fP \fI{xml|human_readable}\fP".
+.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-format\fP \fI{xml|human_readable|old|null}\fP".
 Print output in XML or human readable format.
-
+.sp
+The
+.B old
+format requires the --device-id option and emits in the
+following format, one record per line:
+.B offset:length:tdata_offset
+(hence, "o:L:d") with units in bytes.
+.sp
+The
+.B null
+format emits nothing and only walks the tree.
 .IP "\fB\-r, \-\-repair\fP".
 Repair the metadata whilst dumping it.
 
@@ -39,6 +49,17 @@ the thin provisioning device-mapper target, else try the one at block#.
 See the thin provisioning target documentation on how to create or release
 a metadata snapshot and retrieve the block number from the kernel.
 
+.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-skip\-mappings\fP".
+Skip emission of the mappings.  This outputs nothing if format is
+either of
+.B old
+or
+.B null
+.
+
+.IP "\fB\-d, \-\-device\-id\fP".
+Specify the device_id to be dumped.
+
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP".
 Print help and exit.
 
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e67b300..078bb53 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ SOURCE=\
 	persistent-data/validators.cc \
 	thin-provisioning/device_tree.cc \
 	thin-provisioning/human_readable_format.cc \
+	thin-provisioning/old_format.cc \
+	thin-provisioning/null_format.cc \
 	thin-provisioning/mapping_tree.cc \
 	thin-provisioning/metadata.cc \
 	thin-provisioning/metadata_checker.cc \
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/old_format.h b/thin-provisioning/old_format.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dba69e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/old_format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#ifndef OLD_FORMAT_H
+#define OLD_FORMAT_H
+
+#include "emitter.h"
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace thin_provisioning {
+	emitter::ptr create_old_emitter(std::ostream &out);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/old_format.cc b/thin-provisioning/old_format.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52056c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/old_format.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#include "old_format.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace thin_provisioning;
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace {
+	template <typename T>
+	std::ostream &operator << (ostream &out, boost::optional<T> const &maybe) {
+		if (maybe)
+			out << *maybe;
+
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	class old_emitter : public emitter {
+	public:
+		old_emitter(ostream &out)
+			: out_(out) {
+		}
+
+		void begin_superblock(string const &uuid,
+				      uint64_t time,
+				      uint64_t trans_id,
+				      uint32_t data_block_size,
+				      uint64_t nr_data_blocks,
+				      boost::optional<uint64_t> metadata_snap) {
+			data_block_size_ = data_block_size;
+		}
+
+		void end_superblock() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_device(uint32_t dev_id,
+				  uint64_t mapped_blocks,
+				  uint64_t trans_id,
+				  uint64_t creation_time,
+				  uint64_t snap_time) {
+		}
+
+		void end_device() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_named_mapping(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void end_named_mapping() {
+		}
+
+		void identifier(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void range_map(uint64_t origin_begin, uint64_t data_begin, uint32_t time, uint64_t len) {
+			out_ << (data_block_size_ << 9)*origin_begin
+				<< ":" << (data_block_size_ << 9)*len
+				<< ":" << (data_block_size_ << 9)*data_begin
+				<< endl;
+		}
+
+		void single_map(uint64_t origin_block, uint64_t data_block, uint32_t time) {
+			out_ << (data_block_size_ << 9)*origin_block
+				<< ":" << (data_block_size_ << 9)
+				<< ":" << (data_block_size_ << 9)*data_block
+			  << endl;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		ostream &out_;
+		uint64_t data_block_size_;
+	};
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+thin_provisioning::emitter::ptr
+thin_provisioning::create_old_emitter(ostream &out)
+{
+	return emitter::ptr(new old_emitter(out));
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/null_format.h b/thin-provisioning/null_format.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2688762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/null_format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#ifndef NULL_FORMAT_H
+#define NULL_FORMAT_H
+
+#include "emitter.h"
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace thin_provisioning {
+	emitter::ptr create_null_emitter(std::ostream &out);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc b/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1baa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#include "null_format.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace thin_provisioning;
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace {
+	template <typename T>
+	std::ostream &operator << (ostream &out, boost::optional<T> const &maybe) {
+		if (maybe)
+			out << *maybe;
+
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	class null_emitter : public emitter {
+	public:
+		null_emitter(ostream &out)
+			: out_(out) {
+		}
+
+		void begin_superblock(string const &uuid,
+				      uint64_t time,
+				      uint64_t trans_id,
+				      uint32_t data_block_size,
+				      uint64_t nr_data_blocks,
+				      boost::optional<uint64_t> metadata_snap) {
+		}
+
+		void end_superblock() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_device(uint32_t dev_id,
+				  uint64_t mapped_blocks,
+				  uint64_t trans_id,
+				  uint64_t creation_time,
+				  uint64_t snap_time) {
+		}
+
+		void end_device() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_named_mapping(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void end_named_mapping() {
+		}
+
+		void identifier(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void range_map(uint64_t origin_begin, uint64_t data_begin, uint32_t time, uint64_t len) {
+		}
+
+		void single_map(uint64_t origin_block, uint64_t data_block, uint32_t time) {
+		}
+
+	private:
+		ostream &out_;
+	};
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+thin_provisioning::emitter::ptr
+thin_provisioning::create_null_emitter(ostream &out)
+{
+	return emitter::ptr(new null_emitter(out));
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/null_format.h b/thin-provisioning/null_format.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2688762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/null_format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#ifndef NULL_FORMAT_H
+#define NULL_FORMAT_H
+
+#include "emitter.h"
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace thin_provisioning {
+	emitter::ptr create_null_emitter(std::ostream &out);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc b/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1baa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thin-provisioning/null_format.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of the thin-provisioning-tools source.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is free software: you can redistribute it
+// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// thin-provisioning-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be
+// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+// of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with thin-provisioning-tools.  If not, see
+// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#include "null_format.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace thin_provisioning;
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace {
+	template <typename T>
+	std::ostream &operator << (ostream &out, boost::optional<T> const &maybe) {
+		if (maybe)
+			out << *maybe;
+
+		return out;
+	}
+
+	class null_emitter : public emitter {
+	public:
+		null_emitter(ostream &out)
+			: out_(out) {
+		}
+
+		void begin_superblock(string const &uuid,
+				      uint64_t time,
+				      uint64_t trans_id,
+				      uint32_t data_block_size,
+				      uint64_t nr_data_blocks,
+				      boost::optional<uint64_t> metadata_snap) {
+		}
+
+		void end_superblock() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_device(uint32_t dev_id,
+				  uint64_t mapped_blocks,
+				  uint64_t trans_id,
+				  uint64_t creation_time,
+				  uint64_t snap_time) {
+		}
+
+		void end_device() {
+		}
+
+		void begin_named_mapping(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void end_named_mapping() {
+		}
+
+		void identifier(string const &name) {
+		}
+
+		void range_map(uint64_t origin_begin, uint64_t data_begin, uint32_t time, uint64_t len) {
+		}
+
+		void single_map(uint64_t origin_block, uint64_t data_block, uint32_t time) {
+		}
+
+	private:
+		ostream &out_;
+	};
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+thin_provisioning::emitter::ptr
+thin_provisioning::create_null_emitter(ostream &out)
+{
+	return emitter::ptr(new null_emitter(out));
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------
